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Leasing & Rentals
Tenant · Landlord · Investor
Finding a lease, listing your rental, or buying your next investment property — you need a REALTOR® who's been on both sides of the deal. I have been. I am.
Leasing isn't one thing — it's a tenant signing their first Texas lease, a homeowner turning their house into a rental, and an investor adding the next door. I handle all three.
I represent renters for free in most DFW deals. You get a REALTOR® who knows every neighborhood, every landlord style, and every line in the lease.
Every vacant month costs more than every tenant headache. I price it, market it, screen every applicant, and put the right family in your property.
I own rentals myself. So when I walk you through a DFW deal, it's not theory — it's the lens of someone who's cut the same check, made the same bet.
I'm not just your REALTOR® — I'm a rental property owner myself. I know what it's like to screen applications at 10pm, price a home against a shifting market, and try to protect a good investment while keeping a great tenant. That lens changes how I show up for my clients.
What you're about to walk through is the overview: the systems, the thinking, and the major milestones every tenant, landlord, and investor moves through with me. It's here to show you I've got solid processes in place and a clear head for the work. The real expertise — the tenant screening playbook, the vendor network, the market-timing calls, the hundred small judgment calls that happen on every lease — that's what you get when we're actually working together, not from a website.
Consider this the trailer. The full movie plays when we sit down together.
In most DFW lease deals, the landlord pays the REALTOR® commission. So you get professional representation, full MLS access, and someone who's seen every kind of lease term — without writing me a check.
Budget, commute, schools, pets, must-haves. We talk through what matters before I pull the first listing so we're not wasting a single tour.
Before we tour anything, I help you understand what most DFW landlords look for — so when you apply, you know you're hitting the mark.
Ownership history, HOA rules, recent repair trail, whether the landlord actually lives in Texas. Things that protect you from the wrong rental.
Move-in date, pet fees, renewal caps, early-termination language, maintenance timelines. The rent number is the obvious one — the rest is where I save you real money.
Before you sign, we read it together. No surprises when move-out rolls around a year from now.
Your rental is one of your biggest assets. Listing it with the wrong tenant — or the wrong price — can cost you more in one bad year than years of solid cash flow can cover. I list rentals the way I list homes: with a plan.
I run a true rental CMA — not a Zillow guess. Comparable condition, comparable submarket, comparable lease terms. A right-priced home leases faster than an overpriced home ever will.
NTREIS MLS, Zillow Rental Manager, Realtor.com, Apartments.com, social channels, and my agent network. Great photography and honest listing copy that attracts the right tenant, not just any tenant.
Credit, verified income, rental history, criminal, eviction, employment verification. I've turned down applications most landlords would have signed — and those calls are the ones I hear 'thank you' for later.
Texas Association of REALTORS® lease forms that actually hold up. Pet riders, HOA riders, disclosures, move-in condition form — dialed, signed, documented.
Deposit collection, utilities transfer instructions, keys, codes, walkthrough video. I hand you a tenant who's already oriented — not one who's already frustrated.
I own rental property in the DFW area. I write the same checks you write, screen the same tenants you screen, and watch the same markets you watch. When I give you a rental opinion, it's not coming from a textbook — it's coming from my own doorstep.
A great home to live in is often a terrible rental. A great rental is often a home you'd never want to live in. Different math, different criteria, different mindset — and I've been running that playbook on my own portfolio.
Not napkin math. Cash flow, reserves, vacancy assumptions, insurance reality check, appreciation outlook. If the spread is thin, I'll say so before you ever write an offer.
Some areas look like deals on paper and bleed on the ledger. Others look underwhelming and print money. I can tell you which is which — with reasons.
Investor-friendly lenders, landlord-rated insurance, reliable contractors, property managers who actually answer the phone, CPAs who know Texas rentals. The people I lean on are people you get.
Before you commit, I'll stress the numbers — rising insurance, higher tax assessments, slower rent growth, longer vacancy. If a deal only works under perfect conditions, it doesn't work.
Because leasing done right isn't about slogans — it's about the boring work most folks skip.
Hover or tap any card — real words from clients on the flip side.
Layered vetting — credit, verified income, rental history calls, eviction check, and a whole lot of judgment.
Hover ↻"Ashton turned down the first two applicants. Three years in, still the best tenant we've ever had."
A true rental CMA. Comparable condition, finish level, and submarket — priced right day one.
Hover ↻"Priced it, marketed it, leased it in weeks. Zero vacancy on a home that sat for two months with the last agent."
Cash flow modeling, stress-testing, and a straight answer when a property doesn't pencil.
Hover ↻"Talked me out of a deal I was ready to write. Found a better one a month later. That's an agent worth keeping."
No sign-up, no email required. Just a quick read on what I'd probably recommend if we hopped on a call.
A few of the notes that keep me going.
"Ashton helped us find a rental when we relocated from out of state. He knew the neighborhoods, walked us through the lease line by line, and gave us confidence we were making a good call."
"We had to rent our home out when we moved. Ashton priced it, marketed it, and had it leased in weeks — to a tenant he screened top to bottom. Three years later, still the best tenant we've ever had."
"Ashton actually talked me out of a deal I was ready to write an offer on. Ran the numbers in front of me, showed me where it didn't work. Found a better one a month later. That's an agent worth keeping."
Whether you're looking for your next lease, listing a property, or thinking through your first rental investment — send me a note. No pressure, no hard sell. Just a real conversation.
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← Back to Meet AshtonEvery renter — and every landlord — is protected under the Federal Fair Housing Act and the Texas Fair Housing Act. I don't discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex, disability, familial status, or national origin, and I won't work with anyone who asks me to. Source of income protections also apply in certain Texas jurisdictions. If you feel you've been treated unfairly in a housing transaction, you can file a complaint with HUD at hud.gov/fairhousing or the Texas Workforce Commission Civil Rights Division at twc.texas.gov/programs/civil-rights.