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emmylou0001
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Let me recount the whole sordid, twisted tale. As a new young Realtor, I took on property management duties for my grandmother. I leased one of her aparments to a woman and her daughter. They listed two references. Both references said that she was a satisfactory tenant. My grandmother keeps the accounts of her property, albiet not very well. My grandmother notified me in February that the tenant has not paid since September. I made plans to evict, but the woman suckered my grandmother. The tenant gave this whole bull-yarn sob story, and my grandmother bought it. As time went by, the tenant still did not pay rent. Finally we filed for eviction. As we were filling out the paperwork, the receptionist informed us that she knew the tenant. They did not meet socially. The tenant has been evicted so many times that the receptionist had become a casual acquintance! The last of the tenant's victims had not been on her references. Anyway, I am having her evicted today. At first, I was disturbed by a woman who would so shamelessly take advantage of an old woman's kindness. At present, I am annoyed by the fact that this woman goes from establishment to establishment like a nomad, leaving debt/filth in her wake. I feel like a chump. I need to know if we can place a landlord's lien, or some other form of legal action. I will work with her other victims in order to stop the tenant. Please let me know is there is any legal action in the state of Texas I could pursue to reclaim anything (even if it is only my pride).