Hi there - Been thinking about ATX for some time now and I wanted to see if any one could dumb down the unrelated persons law for me in Austin, TX. Below is copy and pasted directly from the city site. SO - six people...

Hello, my renter just called me this morning letting me know that their friends (a couple and 2 small kids) are in a hard financial situation, so they need to move in with them (its a 3 bedroom house and currently onl...

I'm not looking for legal advice from this forum and will escalate this to my attorney if necessary.I'm currently under contract to purchase a fourplex and during my due diligence I have determined that one of the apa...

I know families are a protected class so you can't discriminate against a family and not rent to them because they have kids.

Let's say you had two families that were identical in every way except the age of ...

I am currently renting out a 3 bedroom apartment. A foster care agency reached out to me and asked me if I would be interested in allowing young adults who have aged out of the foster care system to move in. A majorit...

We recently hired a college intern and gave them an assignment. The intern is to write an article about why and how RE investing can be applicable to the college student or young adult. Our hope is that in doing this ...

If I'm not able to because of fair housing, to ask the age of children. How do you find out if theyre at least 18 so they can also sign the leas?

We are under contract to purchase a rental property and the day before closing it was discovered that one owner was a minor and the property was not actually owned only by the adult who claimed to be the sole owner.  ...

Hi Folks,I'm currently in the process of finishing my basement to rent it out as an apartment. It is about 900 sq ft but the layout of it has made it very difficult to make it anything other than a 1 bedroom. However,...

In December individual signs lease for himself and 3 children for a 3 bed 1 ½ bath. I met the whole family at lease signing. In January Tenant Says children will not be living in the home. The tenant states he has 2 b...