HI @Jyotin GautamShort answer is no in Texas Long answer according to the Texas Real Estate Commission " Under the amended rule, a broker could give an unlicensed person a gift of merchandise having a value of no more than $50 and this would not subject the unlicensed recipient to a charge of unauthorized practice as a broker, nor result in a violation of TREC rules by the broker giving the nominal gift."

This is an ongoing debate amongst landlords because there is a risk of the recipient of the child support not being paid at all—it happens quite a bit.If you are a landlord considering counting child support as income, you want to look at the things like the court order and when payments are received.

Your comments about acquiring real estate in strategic locations and wanting to rent to voucher recipients for the benefit of guaranteed rent may be at conflict with each other.

In my market, we still believe that welfare recipients shouldn't have nicer housing than people that work full-time, so Section 8 pays less than what I can get on the open market.

The recipient would have received an award letter detailing the benefits to be received in the next year. 

Sec 8 voucher recipients) is a pretty well known State specific protection.

Further, the agency may know that the subpoena is an over reach, but they’re attempting to bully the recipient.  

You have to careful in screening making sure you are trying to rent to the right person if you are waiting for a perfect tenant you may stay empty for a long time so you have to know what is the best tenant in that area for that apartment, it might section 8, or some other program recipient. # 2 the people in these neighborhoods Are generally low income, so they will fight about damages cause they don’t have the money to fix it, # even if you screen you still can end up with a bad tenants boyfriend or girlfriend who is crazy or sells drugs And say they don’t live there but is always there.

@Adaze FoltzI've been both a recipient and an originator of many private loans.Provided you are working with a legitimate and experienced private lender, I see TWO main benefits:1.

Today unsolicited text message marketing is 100% illegal without prior written opt-in consent from the recipient per the TCPA.