.- Most cities do NOT care if an owner lives in basement, but will not allow a tenant to unless baement has legal egress window.3) Check local statutes if any limitations on how many unrelated roommates are allowed.4) Check with local building dept to see if rental inspections and corresponding requirements.5) Local statutes allow locks on bedroom doors?

Do not rely on it for legal advice.

To align with community property laws and avoid legal or financial complications, consider forming a jointly owned LLC with your wife as a member.

My question is really around the legality and process of taking back the garage from the existing tenants for this project.

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You will need a licensed TX attorney to oversee the legal documents, you need escrow officers and transaction managers and business development/marketing.

We represent several developers in Cedar Park, they all developed for owner user + rentals, but I'd say the main thing from a legal perspective is ensuring good GC and sub agreements.

In the meantime, put the tenant who broke their lease on notice that they have violated the terms that they agreed to in the lease which is a binding legal document.

Do not rely on it as legal advice.

I don't have any pending legal issues at the moment, but I've been thinking I should find a lawyer that I can go to for questions, to review documents, leases, etc so that I can have confidence that I'm not making any silly mistakes that will get me into trouble later on.