Austin Property Management Blog

What to Do During a Power Outage

After February’s state-wide power outages, there is a lot of concern that this can and will happen again should our grid experience another event like this.  The City of Austin recently published some great tips on What to Do During a Power Outage that is great info for everyone whether you are in their service area or not.

Evictions

After more than a year and a half of eviction moratoriums, it appears that they will all expire set to expire on October 15th, 2021 and evictions will resume in the courts.  It is always preferable to work with our residents regarding any troubles they may face with paying rent, etc - but that requires your participation and cooperation.  

If you find yourself behind or struggling to make rent payments, consider getting started with the resources listed below. As long as this is in process, Stone Oak is committed to working with our residents who are experiencing difficulty in these times.  If we don’t have an open line o...

The End of Travis County’s Eviction Moratorium

In October, Travis County will lift their eviction ban and Austin’s local Justice of the Peace courts will resume hearing cases related to non-payment of rent. We are continuing to work with Rent Assistance programs, but there will be some relief on the horizon for landlords with tenants refusing to pay rent.

While we believe the moratoriums are coming to an end there is nothing preventing local authorities from extending their orders further.  The City of Austin moratorium is expected to end on October 15th unless that or any others are amended or extended.

Eviction & Tenant Data for Landlords Post COVID Policies

As most are well aware, 2020 was an unprecedented year for landlords. The Federal CARES Act, CDC eviction moratoriums as well as our local moratoriums here in Travis and the surrounding counties have all prevented landlo...

2109 Castle View Drive, Austin, TX 78728

1,447 SF | 3 Bed | 2 Bath

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18312 Crestwind Lane, Elgin, TX 78621

1,610 SF | 3 Bed | 2 Bath

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1,716 SF | 3 Bed | 2.5 Bath

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1118 Algarita Avenue 2, Austin, TX 78704

1,792 SF | 3 Bed | 2.5 Bath

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Hi Residents, 

Please review the information below and contact your property manager if you have any questions.

Rent Assistance

If you are struggling or unable to pay rent there are programs available to help.  We’ve worked with a lot of tenants and/or worked with several of the agencies to get rent assistance funds for them.   There are a few programs that are listed below, however, this is not an all-inclusive list as there are many programs out there with varying eligibility requirements:

Texas Rent Relief- https://texasrentrelief.com/

Travis County- https://www.traviscountytx.gov/health-human-services/rent

City of Austin- https://www.austintexas.gov/rent

If you do work with any of these, or any other programs please give them Stone Oak Property Manager as the landlord/manager, if an email address is needed contact us to get that, and you can provide them with our main number of 512-617-6766.  

If you ap...

2301 Granite Hill Drive, Leander, TX 78641

1,918 SF | 4 Bed | 2 Bath

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18409 Catoctin Drive, Pflugerville, TX 78660

1,743 SF | 3 Bed | 2 Bath

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Appliance Policy Change

We are always looking to improve operational procedures to have positive effects on our clients and their bottom line. We are adapting our Maintenance and Repair Policies to save you even more on operating costs. We are working towards eliminating requests for cosmetic repairs and other repairs not deemed urgent or necessary for your residents to live comfortably in your investment property. One important item we want to remove from your maintenance responsibility are Non-Real Property items; i.e. Washers, Dryers and Refrigerators.

In Texas, washers, dryers and refrigerators are 'non-real property items' which makes them unwarrantable. This means you, as the landlord, are not obligated to provide, repair or replace them during the tenancy if written into the lease in this manner. Effective immediately, we will begin implementing this change and this will result in releasing you from the responsibility of continuing to maintain these appliances. This can be determined on a case-by-case basis. Of course, if you wish to continue maintaining these appliances, you are welcome to do so and can specify so when the time comes. As leases come up for rene...