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From a legal perspective, your lease agreement is your greatest mode of protection as a landlord. It’s what keeps you out of trouble, safeguards your property from abuse, and helps you take action when you’re being treated unfairly by tenants. But a lease is only as good as the language it contains. If you’re just
Being a property owner comes with big risks – you just never know when your property might be the target of destruction by a tenant or another party. You can’t always know how your tenants are going to treat your property, even when they seem like upstanding citizens. All it takes is one incident and
If you have a property in Katy, Texas, you’ll obviously want to maximize profitability however you can. Some decisions you make will have obvious repercussions; for example, some neighborhoods are clearly better investments than others. But some decisions are harder to evaluate; for example, if you charge more rent, you’ll stand to make more money,
So you’ve decided to put your Katy home on the market. The decision to sell never comes lightly and you probably have a to-do list longer than a country mile, but before you finally put that for-sale sign in your yard and prepare for showings, there’s one important thing you have to do: give your
They say that your home’s front yard makes a big first impression on potential buyers when they pull up to your property, but the backyard makes a lasting impression and could actually close a sale. If you’re looking for a way to “wow” buyers and quickly sell your home, showing your backyard a little TLC
The more your tenants respect you, the more likely they are to take better care of your property, which includes notifying you when there’s a problem. While tenants can be unpredictable, and owning property comes with the risk of being surprised with some random breakdowns, you can manage the relationships you have with your tenants