ABOUT US
Meet Your Felon Friendly Apartment Team
Our whole job comes down to one question: which Texas communities will look at an application from someone with a record. You don’t pay us a cent.
AT A GLANCE
- Team
- Felon Friendly Apartment Team
- Brokerage
- Spirit Real Estate Group
- TREC license
- #562021
- Metros
- Austin, Houston, Dallas, Fort Worth and San Antonio
- Your cost
- Nothing
- Reply time
- We text you shortly after you send the form. Lists usually go out on weekdays, in one to two business days.
- Office hours
- Monday to Friday, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Central
Why records are all we do
A record changes the whole apartment search. One community turns away any felony, the one across the street looks back five years, and a third only cares about certain charges. A lot of renters find that out one application fee at a time.
We check communities' written screening criteria in our five metros and keep notes on how each one handles records. That way you start with places that may review your kind of case.
How a search goes with us
- You tell us the basics. Metro, budget, move date and who’s moving in. Share as much or as little about your record as you want.
- We talk it through. We ask about case dates and how each case ended, since that’s what screening rules look at. If you’re on parole or probation, we ask about your address rules too.
- You get options. We send you a list of communities whose written criteria fit your situation, with the screening rules and fees we have on file.
- You pick and apply. We send your favorites a guest card with your contact details and housing preferences only. We help set up tours. You apply and list us as your locator. The community makes the call.
What we see trip people up
- Paying three or four application fees before finding a community that reviews their kind of case.
- Seeing “no felonies” on one listing and assuming every place nearby says the same.
- Finding a great apartment, then learning their officer won’t approve the address.
- Forgetting that communities usually screen every adult moving in, including anyone who isn’t on the lease.
What we don’t do
Approval is the community’s call, never ours, and no locator can change that. We don’t run background checks, clear or seal records, or give legal advice. If your record is the real roadblock, we’ll point you to legal aid and to Local Help.
How we get paid
Lease at a participating property from your list, and that property may pay our sponsoring brokerage a referral fee. You never get a bill from us. Here’s more on how that works.
Look us up first
Search for Spirit Real Estate Group on the TREC license search. Our brokerage’s Information About Brokerage Services and Consumer Protection Notice are here too.
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