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Texas Guest Mode Operations — Preventing Occupancy Drift (2026)
Occupancy drift — where a guest gradually becomes an unauthorized tenant — costs Texas property managers $3,000-$8,000 per incident in legal and turnover expenses. Texas law does not define a universal day threshold for when a guest becomes a tenant, making lease language the primary defense.
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