All Forum Posts by: Stephen Hayworth

@Account Closed thanks so much!

Got a question I (thankfully) haven't had to deal with before.

Got a six-unit complex in Weatherford, TX. One of the units is occupied by mom, daughter, and daughter's boyfriend. Mom calls me this morning, says boyfriend has been getting violent. He is leaving voluntarily, but they want him off the lease. I know the *victims* have the right to break the lease without penalty, but is there a way to get him off the lease? They have until the end of November on their lease, and we probably honestly won't renew, because they've not been the greatest tenants, but I do still want to protect them while they are with us.

Thanks all!

@Robert Herrera Yes this is a 3rd. Thanks for the help!

@Robert Herrera the lease allows for the 2 pets they had at the time of moving in. If they weren't trying to hide behind the emotional support animal thing, I would absolutely do as you suggest (and still might) I'm just trying to understand what legal ground we're on with the 'emotional support' dog

We have some tenants who, after moving into one of our apartments, declared that they had acquired an emotional support dog. We have asked them repeatedly for documentation and they have not complied. They emailed us the certificate that anyone can print off for $25 online, we told them that wasn't sufficient and that they would need a note from a licensed mental health professional, and they have not provided it. 

Then I found out that the dog is spending its days tied to the front porch, and I've now gotten 2 complaints in the last week about it. I'd like to get the dog either removed, or tell them they have to keep it inside, but I'm really unsure what kind of legal ground that puts us on. Anybody have any helpful advice?

LEASE NOTE: We've done a lot of single-family, but this is our first multi-family venture, and we didn't realize that we really needed to use a specific multi-family lease. So the lease doesn't really specify anything about 'common areas' and what is or is not allowed. 

We've done plenty of single-family homes but we recently did our first multi-family venture in Weatherford, Tx. We've got a tenant complaining about noise from the family upstairs. Is this something that the landlord usually handles, or is it normal to tell the tenant to go ask the neighbors to keep it down themselves?