For Texas Residential Real Estate Investors
SELECTING THE WRONG LEASE AGREEMENT FOR YOUR INVESTMENT PROPERTY CAN COST YOU THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS!
SHIELD YOURSELF FROM LIABILTY
The Rock Solid Lease ™ includes X lease terms designed to reduce or eliminate your tenants’ ability to sue you personally.
PROTECT YOUR INVESTMENT FROM PROBLEM TENANTS
Start the eviction process with 24 hour Notice to Vacate terms. Maximize your chances of collecting rent from higher-risk tenants with lock-out terms.
CLARIFY YOUR LEASE’S TERMS
Avoid tenant complaints of misunderstanding or confusion over lease terms. Our residential lease agreement was written for non-attorneys and features an easy-to-follow table of contents.
MINIMIZE YOUR PROPERTY’S RISK EXPOSURE
Landlord liability terms state you and your property are not responsible for slip-and-falls with residents, their guests, or trespassers. Tenants’ abandoned property becomes titled to you!
AVOID RISKS THAT COME WITH BAD LEASES
Tenants’ acts and omissions that constitute defaults are clearly defined. All notices required by state and federal law are included, and the lease contract is governed by Texas law. Annual attorney review of changes in state and federal landlord-tenant law ensure our leases are current.
Marc Girling, Esq.
You Should Only Use a Lease Agreement Customized for Texas Residential Investment Properties!
I know it’s tempting to download one of those free lease agreements off of that shady, non-attorney website. Let’s face it, you can’t beat the price, right!?! Well – you probably already know you’re almost certainly going to get what you pay for…. Residential lease contracts aren’t for when things go right, they’re for when things go wrong.
Compare the Rock Solid Lease™ to Your Other Options
Your options for obtaining a lease include: a “free” lease off the internet, other online leases, Texas Real Estate Commission Leases, and Texas Apartment Association Leases.
| Rock Solid™ | Legalzoom® | TAR | TAA | |
| Price | $44.95 | $49.00 | N/A1 | N/A1 |
| Thoroughness – length in pages | 36 | 13 | 14 | 6 |
| Money back guarantee | √ | X | X | X |
| Annual review & updates with Texas case law | √ | X | X | X |
| Originals for tenant and landlord | √ | X | X | X |
| Customized for residential rental properties | √ | X | X | X |
| Simplified language for non-attorneys | √ | X | X | X |
| Easy to follow table of contents | √ | X | X | X |
| No membership requirement | √ | X | X2 | X2 |
| Move-in/Move-out condition forms included | √ | X | X | X |
| Pet addendum | √ | X | X | X |
| Identification of your appliances | √ | X | X | X |
| EPA lead based paint pamphlet | √ | X | X | X |
| HOA rule compliance requirement | √ | √ | √ | X |
| Ability to limit rent payment methods | √ | √ | √ | √ |
| Pet restriction clauses | √ | √ | √ | √ |
| 24-hour notice to vacate | √ | √ | √ | √ |
1 TAR and TAA forms are free for members. Membership for TAR is limited to Texas Realtors. TAA permits all rental property owners to join; annual fees are $410 as of December 2014.
2 Tenants may elect to declare TAR leases and TAA leases unenforceable if the landlord is not a member.
A Great Rental Contract Does Not Have to Be Expensive
Great residential lease agreements have three qualities: 1) they are thorough; 2) non-attorneys understand them; and 3) they ensure as many protections for the landlord as the law allows. Not only is the Rock Solid Lease™ thorough, easy-to-understand, and landlord-friendly, it also costs less than its big-named competitors AND includes a money back guarantee! More importantly, the Rock Solid Lease™ stays one step ahead of its competition. Girling Law, PLLC regularly reviews the laws affecting Texas tenants and landlords and, at least annually, applies updates to the Rock Solid Lease™ as the laws change. We are so sure of the protections the Rock Solid Lease™ will provide you, we stand by our residential lease contract with a money back guarantee1!
All lease agreements acquired or purchased from this website where drafted by an attorney from Girling Law, PLLC. Leonard Marc-Charles Girling, SBN 24074283, is the attorney responsible for the contents of this website. Girling Law, PLLC’s principal place of business is in North Richland Hills, TX.
[1] Terms and conditions apply.