Residential lease to LLC company

[Tammy M.]

We have one side of a duplex rental property for lease and an LLC has contacted us about leasing the property. Is there anything we need to be looking for or more mindful about? (For the application or the actual lease. )

We were used to doing a standard Texas Realtor Residential lease. Is it ok to use this lease or is there a special lease out there for leasing residential properties to a business? We also normally use the Texas Realtor Lease application. Is there a better application out there to use when you are dealing with a business? This is not a commercial property. It is in a residential neighborhood.

Any advice is greatly appreciated. Thank you.

[Mitchell Zoll]

There are a bunch of questions you want to make sure you answer. This might be a residential property but this will be a business transaction. Will you have a personal guarantor? Have you reviewed the company agreement to know who will own the business? Can the LLC rent from you then change ownership of the LLC? (If that happens your "tenant" won't change but in reality it will). Are you sure they aren't just going to sublease? It won't be the same as renting to a person so make sure you are prepared for doing business differently.