As a result of the state-wide effort to incorporate criminal background checks on all occupational licenses in the state and following the 2013 Sunset Commission review of TDHCA, any person seeking a … more

Recently, a California landlord was hit with a surprise electric bill for $140,000.  Apparently, a tenant of the landlord had bypassed the electrical meter and was stealing electricity.  While the … more

Let’s speak frankly for a second.  There are many (possibly hundreds) of folks out there who for years have operated in some manner or to some degree as a lender.

You might not have felt like a … more

Questions roll in weekly now by those engaged in owner-finance lending as to, “what are the interest rate limits this week?”  The question demonstrates a level of understanding that an owner- … more

“What if I only owner-finance the land and not the home?” 

I have received this question from multiple members in the past few weeks.  The lead-in to the above question is, “Does all this Dodd-Frank … more

On Friday, March 21, TMHA members Lance Inderman, Oscar Powers, Shawn Fuller, Rosa Fuller and Executive Director, DJ Pendleton, sat down with Congressman Randy Neugebauer at Mustang Homes in Lubbock, … more

Last Friday the Texas Industrialized Building Code Council met in Austin. The five hour council meeting predominantly focused on discussions and eventual council recommendations on previously … more

First, for any fellow political romantics out there, the democracy machine was turned on yesterday, and regardless of the results we should all still marvel in the grand experiment to allow for … more