All Forum Posts by: Angela Ferrell

Thanks for the feedback so far. 

Robert - totally agree with you and it was not our intention to create our own lease.  We ended up taking on the property management as the company we used did not have our best interests at heart and we're capable of managing the property on our own.  We decided to use the Texas Apartment Association (TAA) lease contract as that's what our prior management company used.  To clarify, we're looking more for any additional "amendments" you wrote into a lease as a best practice to further protect your interests.  

Meghan - we evaluated an attorney drafted lease, but it was fairly pricey and decided utilizing lease forms that have been previously used and are widely accepted was more appropriate.  As I'm a Project Manager in my day job, I'm interested in the checklist you mentioned and will PM you.

Thanks for the feedback!

Hey guys,

My wife and I recently took over the property management of our investment property and wanted feedback on what items we should write into our lease to best protect our interests.  Interested to see what's worked/didn't work for you in the past.

Look forward to everyone's feedback!  Also, let me know if you'd recommend posting this in another forum as this is the "Starting Out" board.

Thank you,