Imagine being the owner of a 3 bedroom lease home or having an agent represent you for a lease listing. What is your initial thinking about an applicant who has 3 kids, a spouse and and aunt that want's to move in? That's 6 people total. The kids aren't infants, and all credentials are perfect. Are you legally allowed to "house" this many people in your home? Does it conform to your state laws, specifically the property code? Can you deny the lease because you don't like the idea of that many bodies in your home? And wait... is there even a state law that governs occupancy or is that a county law thingy? Oh brother.
What if 6 adults want to live in the same property? Say, couples?
Should you ask a woman who appears to be 9 months pregnant if she's pregnant? Imagine if she wasn't pregnant and you denied the lease based on "how many kids" would be in the house. Most of all lawsuits in the real estate industry hover around deceptive trade practices and LEASES.
This is why it is so critical that you know exactly what you're doing or you hire someone that does.
The standard lease agreement in Texas has verbiage that limits the number of vehicles the tenants can park at the property. Obviously you would never allow six cars at a home that only has a 2 car garage, even if you could fit 2 in the drive-way because that would leave two on the street... and this is almost always going to be a violation of the deed restrictions in almost all standard neighborhoods with an HOA. Most of my leases limit the number of vehicles to just 3. That would allow 2 in the garage and one in the driveway - max. Or however the tenants wanted to merry-go-round their cars. I suppose one might be driving a motorcycle or moped.
Saying 'yeah, sure... move-in & collecting rent' is the easy part.
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