The couple with 1 young child and a stay at home mom is going to use more electric than the couple next door that both work and they go hiking on the weekends .  

In Texas, what's the most straight forward way for a parent to gift a home to an adult child?

Here's a quick proactive tidbit that can make you a truckload of money.When you get the list of properties for the upcoming tax deed sale, there is nothing in the rule books that says that you can't track down the owner and buy the property before the sale date, thus saving yourself the issue of having to compete with the crazed masses. 

And, she has a child, somewhere.I am leaning heavily towards the addendum suggestion, with fully adding her to a new lease when he/they renew the lease in 5 months.So...can anyone suggest wording for this addendum, or point me in a direction I might go to find such a thing?

The new tenant found pet hair (dog), and their child was allergic - so they requested we replace the carpet (or deep clean). 

You can even pay a spouse or child to fund a retirement account etc. 

Or you get someone who wants to pre-pay rent for, say, their college kid or special needs adult child.

@Lewis Clarke - check with your local housing laws, many communities have rules regarding this... for instance, in OKC, you are limited to two persons per bedroom, although if a family has a child after occupying the house that is allowed :-).

She made no mention of child support on her rental application and I don't see any support orders in the public records.

If I let it slide I would have been putting the three other families in the building in danger as well as the infant child.