This Sunday, Feb. 28th,  I will be holding open 20223 Cypresswood Glen in the Cypresswood Lake Subdivision in Spring, TX from 1-3pm.  The gate code to the subdivision is 1057.  You can get directions, see photos of the home, watch a video, and get more information by visiting http://buyandsellwithshannon.com/blog/134900-20223-cypresswood-glen-spring-tx-77373/ .  I hope you’ll stop in on Sunday!

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New Lease on Apartment Life

COLLEGE STATION (Real Estate Center) — Many new Texas laws were effective with the New Year. Among them were new guidelines aimed at keeping Texas landlords and tenants at arm’s length.

Judon Fambrough, the Real Estate Center’s attorney and author of the recently updated Landlords and Tenants Guide, provided some examples of how rules for the traditional antagonists have changed. Here are some examples.

Parents sign as guarantors for their daughter’s apartment. The parents guarantee rent payments for their daughter as well as her two roommates. When the daughter renews the lease for the second year, do the parents continue as guarantors even though the daughter has different roommates?

“The answer is no,” says Fambrough. “Texas law provides for parents to be bound as guarantors for the renewal, but the renewal must involve the same parties.”

What if the parents agree to be bound as guarantors for subsequent renewals by their daughter? Assuming the daughter has the same roommates, do the parents continue as guarantors even though there is a rent increase?

“Again, the answer is ‘no.’ New Texas law provides that there can be no change in the guarantors’ financial obligation,” Fambrough explained. “A rent increase changed the parents’ obligation and, therefore, they are no longer bound as guarantors.”

What if the daughter is hearing impaired? If this fact is disclosed to the landlord prior to signing the lease, must the landlord install smoke detectors for her before she moves in?

“No,” says Fambrough. “Landlords must install smoke detectors that are capable of alerting the hearing impaired in the bedrooms they use — if requested by the tenant or as required by law. The daughter must request the installation. Otherwise, the landlord has no obligation to install smoke detectors for the hearing impaired.”

Fambrough’s 2010 update includes the latest on many landlord-tenant subjects. When may landlords interrupt a tenant’s utility service? What is required to terminate a lease when family violence is involved? What rights do members of the military have? What conditions must be met before a landlord can legally charge a late fee?

To learn about these and other landlord-tenant laws, take the Landlord-Tenant Law Quiz on the Center’s website at http://recenter.tamu.edu/quiz/quiz201002.html#. For a free copy of the Center’s Landlords and Tenants Guide, go to http://recenter.tamu.edu/pdf/866.pdf.

The weather is finally getting better and it’s time  to do some open houses!   My Buyer’s Agent, Linda Parrish, will be sitting in two open houses this Sunday, so please stop by to see these beauties!  The first one is from 1:00-3:00 at 6511 Bridgegate Drive in Spring and the other is 3:30-5:30 at 20223 Cypresswood Glen in Spring.  You can get a map to both of these properties from the listing on my website.  They are excellent values and the seller’s are motivated to sell.  These houses are full of upgrades and will not dissappoint.  Please come out and see us this weekend!

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Built in 2002, this home is the perfect floorplan for any buyer.  It is a one story open floorplan built to suit.  It includes a gas or wood burning fireplace, a brick patio and huge wooden deck for entertaining.  This home has beautiful wood floors, tile, gas stove, built in microwave, wood blinds, professional landscaping, separate tub and shower in the master bath, and much more.  The formal dining room has a painted accent wall.  The covered front porch is perfect for a quiet summer’s evening.  You are going to love this house!  It’s a short sale, but I am a Certified Distressed Property Expert and together we can get this deal done!  This home is an excellent value!

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Five year old D.R. Horton built home in quiet, gated community of Spring Lakes that is convenient to I45, Hardy Toll Rd, The Woodlands, & shopping in Old Town Spring. This community offers lakes with fountains, ducks, miles of walking trails, parks, volleyball & lighted tennis courts, & community pools. This home has an open floor plan that boasts of high ceilings, hardwood and tile floors, a master down, three bedrooms up, crown molding, walk in closets, upstairs game room, tile backsplash in kitchen with island & desk area, Granite Counter tops, large lot, and much more.

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