United States · TX

Evicting a bad tenant in Texas costs ~$6,671.

That's the typical combined hit from filing fees, 1 months of lost rent, property damage, legal costs, and turnover — per bad tenant. Here's the full breakdown and a calculator for your specific situation.
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Filing fee

$121

Justice of the Peace Court

Avg timeline

21 days

~3 weeks

Lost rent

$1,550

1 months at $1,550/mo

Property damage

$2,500

Beyond security deposit

Legal fees

$1,000

Attorney + court costs

Turnover

$1,500

Repairs, cleaning, re-listing

How Texas handles evictions

One of the fastest states; JP court hearings within days.

Calculate your risk
Adjust the inputs to model your specific situation in Texas.

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Filing → unit re-rented

Beyond security deposit

Court filing fee

$121

Lost rent during process

0.7 months at $1,550/mo

$1,085

Property damage

$2,500

Legal fees

$1,000

Turnover & re-listing

$1,500

Estimated total loss

$6,206

That's what one bad tenant typically costs a Texas landlord.

Most of that loss is preventable.

Bad tenants almost always leave a paper trail — the problem is that most landlords don't check carefully. Here's what a proper screening catches before you sign the lease.

Fake pay stubs & inflated income

AI analysis catches font mismatches, math errors, and metadata red flags in uploaded income documents.

Prior evictions they didn't mention

Eviction history searches surface past court records even when applicants claim a clean record.

Former landlord reference gaps

Automated verification reaches out directly — applicants can't forward requests to a friend pretending to be their landlord.

The fix

$99 of screening vs $6,671 in losses.

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