Rent out your Texas property without avoidable losses.
Chapter 92 of the Texas Property Code, fair-housing rules, tenant screening, deposit compliance, and the tax playbook that separates casual landlords from sophisticated ones.
- Texas Property Code Chapter 92 in plain English
- Fair-housing compliance — the rules that end careers when broken
- Depreciation, cost-seg, and 1031 — the landlord tax playbook
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23 pages of plain-English guidance
Every chapter written to make you a better negotiator, protect your money, and reduce avoidable mistakes.
The map of Chapter 92 — deposits, repairs, retaliation, security devices, notice to vacate.
Protected classes, uniform screening criteria, steering traps, and reasonable accommodations.
The 4-check screening process, permitted screening fees, and the paperwork that survives a HUD complaint.
How to price for vacancy math, why the '3-day rule' saves more than a $50 rent bump adds.
The clauses every lease needs, the ones Texas voids even if signed, and the late-fee cap.
Wear vs. damage, the 30-day return clock, and the 3× penalty for bad-faith retention.
Deductions, depreciation (not optional), repair vs. improvement, and mileage rules.
When cost seg pays for itself, and LLC vs. Series LLC vs. sole ownership trade-offs.
Why a landlord policy is not a homeowner policy, and why every portfolio needs an umbrella.
The JP-court process step by step, timeline, and the technicalities that lose otherwise-winnable cases.
The specific decisions this Playbook makes easier
- How to write compliant screening criteria that stand up in court
- How to itemize security-deposit deductions to avoid §92.109 penalties
- Fair-housing red flags that end rental businesses
- How to calculate the true cost of a turnover (spoiler: 1–2 months' rent)
- Depreciation, cost segregation, and repair vs. improvement rules
- Sole ownership vs. LLC vs. Series LLC trade-offs
- The JP-court eviction timeline in Texas
- 1031 exchange rules for rental-to-rental swaps
- Self-manage vs. property manager break-even math
- Questions to ask before signing anything (tenants, managers, insurance)
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