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A Deep Dive into Lease Agreements: 8 Vital Provisions Houston Landlords Should Include in Agreements
Introduction Navigating the rental market in Houston involves a delicate balance of rights, responsibilities, and legalities. At the heart of any landlord-tenant relationship is the lease agreement, an essential document detailing the terms and conditions underpinning...
Property Management Updates from the Front Lines – February 11, 2021
In this issue: January sales and lease data from HAR Rental assistance coming soon, still not sure how it will go though Upcoming freeze We have made it through the first month of 2021. It still feels a little like 2020 to me. The stock market made some crazy moves...
Property Management Updates from the Front Lines – January 18, 2021
In this issue: December and 2020 overall HAR data Stimulus, Stimulus, Stimulus Evictions in 2021 Holy goodness this year has started off with a bang! First, Happy New Year's to you all, and I hope that you got to spend some quality holiday time with family and...
Property Management Updates from the Front Lines – December 17, 2020
In this issue: November sales and lease data from HAR Congress does something? COVID vaccines and a path forward Hello my friends and welcome to my final letter of 2020. A year that I'm sure none of us will be sad to be done with and, it does now seem likely that...
Property Management Updates from the Front Lines – November 23, 2020
In this issue: October HAR data check A new president and what that means for property investors A Thanksgiving unlike any before Welcome back fellow property investors! It has been an exciting past 30 days. We have a new president...well kind of...at least it seems...
Property Management Updates from the Front Lines – October 19, 2020
In this issue: September sales and lease data from HAR Which political party is better for property investors? The digital real estate world Hello fellow property investors! It seems so much always happens in between my monthly property investor letters, and this...
Property Management Updates from the Front Lines – September 16, 2020
In this issue: August sales and lease data from HAR Another month, another eviction moratorium Getting closer to normal? On a monthly basis I spend time researching topics I know are of interest to the property investor community. The last couple months I've wondered...
Property Management Updates from the Front Lines – August 14, 2020
In this issue: July sales and lease data release by HAR Tax implications for real estate investors Some positives in a world of negatives Hello my fellow property investors. I hope all have been staying safe since my last note. I want to thank those of you that have...
Property Management Updates from the Front Lines – July 9, 2020
In this issue: June sales and lease data released by HAR Should I buy right now? Office doors locked again and new videos coming soon Just when we thought we were getting out of the woods, the reality of COVID-19 has pulled us back in. The greater Houston area is...
Property Management Updates from the Front Lines – June 12, 2020
In this issue: May sales and lease data released by HAR Trends AAM has started seeing Rent Rescue Insurance on Hold New Videos Posted Here we are in mid-June, and the Houston area feels like July weather-wise and a semblance of May lease-wise. The economy has opened...
Property Management Updates from the Front Lines – May 14, 2020
In this issue: April sales and lease data released by HAR Eviction court returns, but with important changes Property Investors, Another interesting week as folks start to slowly get back to work, back to restaurants (allowing 25% capacity in Texas currently),...
Property Management Updates from the Front Lines – May 1, 2020
Well, we made it through the month. The first full month of a shut down economy is now behind us. In the last 6 weeks, the US has seen over 30 million jobless claims, an estimated reduction in first quarter GDP of 4.8%, and stock market and oil price swings that most...
Front Lines – April 23, 2020
Just when we thought things couldn't get any crazier, the markets once again proved us completely wrong. How exciting (both negative and positive) has this week been?! Monday, April 20 was the most tumultuous day in oil and gas history. Ever. Short term crude oil...
Front Lines – April 17, 2020
April 17, 2020 Photo courtesy of CNN Another week, and another tally of over 5 million unemployment claims, bringing the total over the last month to around 22 million. That is an almost unfathomable 13.5% of the workforce...in just the last 30 days! While I write,...
Front Lines April 9, 2020
April 9, 2020 We are now more than a week into April, and the reality of rent payments, or lack thereof, is setting in. Today is the day we pay out all of our property owners who have houses that received rental payments. Normally, we are at a 5% delinquency rate at...