5 Things Landlords Don’t Know About Managing Houston Rental Property

Fair Housing Laws

Investors mostly get in trouble with not understanding that there are fair housing laws that protect the tenant, and there are certain rights that tenants have. So you want to make sure that you know what the protected classes are, and make sure you know what questions you can and cannot ask to prospective clients.

Service Animals

They do not realize that there are service animal laws that protect tenants that have them. There are things that you can and cannot ask when it comes to a service animal.

Maintenance Issues

This is a big concern and a big challenge for owners because they do not run their properties correctly, they do not know the Texas Property Code, and they don’t know that there are things that make a house unsafe and uninhabitable

Legal Issues

Make sure that you know and follow the lease agreement, and make sure that you abide by it.

Screening

Make sure that you screen the tenants correctly and that you abide by them by disclosing what you will and will not accept and who you will and will not accept. Also, make sure that you are fair to every tenant that applies.