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So I manage a retail strip (9 units, 2 are vacant now) in Cypress, TX. In each of the lease that we are having with all of our current tenants we have a Landlord Prohibit Uses list below. Last week we had some showings for 1 vacant unit (1237 SF) and yesterday received an LOI from 2 guys who want to lease it for a cigar shop. Looking at the landlord prohibited uses list below, toward the end of the list we have 'smoking or vape store' as being prohibited so I am wondering if a cigar shop is the same as smoking shop, therefore we can't lease to a cigar shop? Or cigar shop and smoking shop/store are totally different and we can definitely lease to a cigar shop?

Thanks in advance for any feedbacks.

LANDLORD PROHIBITED USES

Landlord shall not use any portion of the Shopping Center or lease to a tenant for any of the following:

adult book store
adult novelty and lingerie shop
amusement arcade
amusement center
animal boarding or raising
automobile body shop
automobile dealership
automotive repairs and service
billiard parlor
bingo parlor
boat sale or display
bowling alley
brothel
car wash
catering hall
cult meeting place
dance hall
discotheque
factory use
firing range
flea market
funeral parlor
game arcade/room
gun store
head shop
hospital
house of worship
industrial use
junkyard
labor camp
laundromat
manufacturing use
meeting hall
mobile home park
mobile home sales
monument sales
mortuary
movie theater
nightclub
off-track betting parlor
palm reader
pawn shop
place of public assembly
plant nursey
psychic
religious organization

sale, rental, repair, storage or service of trucks and/or trailers
skating rink
smoking or vape store
stockyard
strip club
target range
tattoo parlor
taxidermist
theater
trailer court
trailer sales
warehouse use

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Originally posted by @Joe Splitrock:

Originally posted by @Krystyna Fennelly:

@Trevor M.

I’m adding to my to-do list to make sure the tenants know where the shut off value is.

A client of mine had one of his tenants leave the house Monday without tell him, when they got home water was pouring out of the ceiling, they didn’t know how to shut it, cell service was crap so took some time for the call to go through to landlord and all he heard when he answered was water!

He’ll be filing through insurance, and says lesson learned. But some things we think ‘everyone should know that’; some just don’t.

To prevent freezing, you want the main shut off and the lines drained. That means opening all the faucets after shutting water off.

One final pro tip. Replacing copper pipes with PEX will give you freeze protection. The PEX pipes will expand without bursting.

Opening all faucets all the way or just a slight opening is good enough? Thanks.

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Originally posted by @Annu Zer:

Any other recommendations?

@Ronald Rohde . He is great.

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Originally posted by @Paul Sandhu:

Temp is going to below zero for a few days here. I've got unoccupied properties with the utilities on. How do you prepare for when it gets this cold?

Leave the heat on and sinks dripping?
Turn off the water at the meter and leave the sinks open with the heat on?
Something else?

I am in same situation. I except I have 2 vacants without heat (I forgot to transfer gas to our name) so been worried sick. Finally called and asked our second handyman and he knows how to winterize a house so he will do it at $40 for each house.

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@Cody Muth I am not John Lyszczyk but I can tell price of pickets is definitely going up a lot where I am (Houston). Last May I had a fence contractor giving a quote of $21/ft to replace the fence. Just today same contractor, same fence (didn't do it last year) he is giving me $29/ft . He said because cost of pickets is higher than ever. I got so mad at myself for not doing it last year!

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Originally posted by @Toby Schine:

@Tracy Streich good Advice! I’m not advocating this, but just used some paint that was five years older (was still sealed). That paint will just need to be thoroughly mixed and should be fine!

Did you mix the paint yourself or you brought it to the store to have it shook?

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Originally posted by @Nathan Gesner:

YEs, it should be good as long as it wasn't exposed to extreme hot/cold. Quality paint can last for years if it's stored properly.

If you're not sure, take it back to Sherwin-Williams and have them match it.

My preference is to always use the same paint brand, sheen, and color in rentals so you always have a supply of paint on hand for touch-up.

It was left in a small storage in backyard during Texas summer which was extremely hot. However, the paint looks ok when I looked at it. Will look again to see if it smells funny. And will take it back to Sherwin-Williams to shake it as you and others have suggested. The tip of using the same paint brand, sheen, and color in rentals is great. We will do that from now on. Thanks Nathan.

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