REI Tracker
REI Tracker

What a Texas lease has to say, handled for you

Answer a few questions about your rental. Print a lease that includes each notice below.

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  • Repair remedies in bold print · 92.056
  • Flood notice signed by both · 92.0135
  • Early-termination rights · 92.016
  • Late fee within the presumed cap · 92.019
  • Smoke alarm notice in bold · 92.2611
  • Lead-paint addendum for pre-1978 homes

Residential Lease

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1. Parties and premises. This lease is between Sample Holdings LLC ("Landlord") and Alex Sample ("Tenant"). Landlord leases to Tenant the residence at 100 Example St, Austin, TX 78701 (the "Premises"). Landlord's name and street address for notices: Sample Holdings LLC, 200 Sample Ave, Austin, TX 78701. Landlord manages the Premises.

3. Lease term. This lease begins on September 1, 2026 and ends on August 31, 2027. If Tenant stays in the Premises after the end date with Landlord's consent and no new lease is signed, this lease continues month to month on the same terms. Either party may end the month-to-month tenancy by giving the other at least 30 days' written notice.

5. Rent. Tenant will pay rent of $1,650.00 per month, due on or before the 1st day of each month, by the method Landlord designates in writing.

16. Tenant's repair remedies. If Landlord fails to repair or remedy a condition that materially affects the physical health or safety of an ordinary tenant as required by this lease or the Texas Property Code, Tenant may be entitled to exercise remedies under Sections 92.056 and 92.0561 of the Texas Property Code. If Tenant follows the notice and other procedures in those sections, and was not delinquent in rent when giving notice, the remedies may include: (1) terminating the lease, with a pro rata refund of rent and a refund of the security deposit as allowed by law; (2) having the condition repaired or remedied and deducting the cost from the rent, without going to court, generally up to one month's rent or $500, whichever is greater; and (3) obtaining judicial remedies under Section 92.0563, such as an order directing repairs, a rent reduction, a civil penalty of one month's rent plus $500, actual damages, court costs, and attorney's fees.

Filled in from your records

  1. PropertyThe address and the year the home was built, from the rental you track.
  2. TenantTenant names and lease dates, from the tenant you add to that rental.
  3. Your answersRent, deposit, late fee, pets, flood history and the rest, a few at a time.

What's in the lease

Required notices

The notice of your tenant's repair remedies and the smoke alarm notice print in bold, underlined type, the way Texas requires. The lease states your tenant's early-termination rights, names you and your address for notices, allows a late fee only after rent is two full days late, and says the security deposit comes back, with an itemized list of any deductions, within 30 days of move-out.

Your choices

You set the rent, the deposit and the house rules: pets, smoking, the utilities your tenant pays, renter's insurance and association rules. The late fee is checked against the presumed cap for the number of homes in your building. Optional clauses, such as changing locks for unpaid rent, advance notice of move-out and a landlord's lien, print only if you add them, and always in bold, underlined type.

Addenda

Every lease comes with a flood disclosure addendum for you and your tenant to sign. Homes built before 1978 get a lead-based paint disclosure addendum. A parking rules addendum is added when you have parking rules.

Common questions

No. REI Tracker is software that fills in a Texas residential lease from the details you enter. It does not give legal advice. Not a substitute for the advice of an attorney.

Yes. The lease builder is for residential rentals in Texas and is built on the Texas Property Code. It is available for rental properties with a Texas address.

Yes. The lease builder is free for every owner, and there is no charge per lease.

Not yet. Print the lease or save it as a PDF, sign it on paper with your tenant, then upload the signed copy so it stays with that tenant in REI Tracker.

Yes. The builder is optional. If you already have a lease, you can keep tracking its dates and rent in REI Tracker without using the builder.

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