Is there a minimum limit for the hot water heater on a rental property?

The minimum limit is 120 degrees; there is no time duration stated in TPC 92.052(a)(3)(B):...

We were evicted, court was today. Didn't make it. How long do we have to leave the apartment.

If LL had obtained a "bond for immediate possession," then you can be removed immediately if you neither filed an Answer to the lawsuit nor...

How can we obtain a Designation of Homestead under the Texas Property Code for protection from creditors ?

By filing an instrument that comports with TPC 41.005(c): http://www.statutes.legis.state.tx.us/Docs/PR/htm/PR.41.htm. You can either DIY, or...

What are my rights against a landlord who violates my lease?

Your Lease should provide whether you are entitled to sole and exclusive occupancy, or some type of co-tenancy arrangement. Review your Lease, or...

Breaking Commercial warehouse lease successfully. (Houston Texas)

Good news, in this situation your LL is obligated to mitigate its damages pursuant to TPC 91.006:...

How does the Bulk sale act apply to a child care transaction?

Someone is using an ancient form. The UCC Bulk Sales Act was repealed in Texas many years ago. Instead, Texas adopted a Uniform Fraudulent Transfer...

Are daily late fees legal if in signed contract?

It is your obligation to prove that the late fees are a "reasonable estimate of uncertain damages." If rent payable is not approx $8,750 per month,...

Basically yes your LL may raise the rents selectively, but only if accomplished in a non-discriminatory manner and raising rents to retaliate...

Can I evict my mother in law

Your MIL won't want to hear this, but she is your house guest -- not a tenant. As a house guest you are entitled to remove her at any time provided...

I let an acquaintance move into a spare room in November. there is no lease and she pays nothing. How do I get her out.

If she is not paying or obligated to pay rent or subrent, then she is a house guest. Not a tenant. You may remove a house guest at any time merely...