https://kendallcreekproperties.com/tags/fair-housing-texas/Recent content in Fair Housing Texas on Kendall Creek Properties — Austin Property ManagementHugoen-usSun, 17 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://kendallcreekproperties.com/blog/tenant-screening-texas/Tue, 10 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://kendallcreekproperties.com/blog/tenant-screening-texas/<p>The cost of a bad tenant in Austin in 2026 starts around $5,000 and tops out somewhere north of $15,000 once you factor in eviction filing fees, attorney costs, property damage, lost rent during the 53-day average lease-up time, and turnover prep. That number is the entire business case for tenant screening. A few days of disciplined work upfront prevents a six-figure problem six months in.</p> <p>I run Kendall Creek Properties in Austin, and I have watched the difference between a screened-correctly tenancy and a panic-fill placement play out a hundred times. The screened tenancy is boring. The panic-fill is the one that turns into a 4am phone call about a hole punched through a closet door (and then a JP court date six months later, and then an itemized list of deductions that does not survive cross-examination because the move-in walkthrough never happened).</p>