Tenant Issues with City Letters - Lubbock, Texas

[Caleb West]

I am a long distance investor with a few doors in Lubbock, TX.

Has anybody ran into trouble with the “No more than 2 unrelated persons living together” code that Lubbock has? If so, what was the outcome? I know this code isn’t specific to Lubbock and very common.

I inherited a set of tenants in a rental property near Texas Tech. Since then, I have received now three letters from the city. The first was a few months back and due to the yard not being maintained and some rubbish along back alley. The second and third were this last week. The second was a similar letter to the first and I have since found out that the previous owner was handling the yard and that wasn’t specified on the lease I took over. The third letter was in regards to the no more than 2 unrelated persons rule. I am working with the PM now with handling the issue and plan to discuss with the city tomorrow.

Note: Property management did not change after the ownership change.

[Jarrod Frankum]

I do know that this law is called 'the brothel law.' typically its not a problem unless the tenants are problematic to the community.  Unkempt yards, overflowing parking in front of other neighbors houses, loud parties, drunken fights.. Etc.  Some PMs will still rent, some won't.