Yes. The Seller’s Temporary Residential Lease (TXR 1910, TREC 15-6) states that a tenant will provide the landlord door keys and access codes so he or she may enter the property at reasonable times to inspect it during the term of the lease or to otherwise access it as allowed by the lease. However, the buyer cannot occupy the property until after the termination date stated in the seller’s lease, unless it’s terminated earlier by reason of other provisions.

Yes. Parties can negotiate a contract where no additional rental fee for the term of the temporary lease is required.

The other terms of this agreement to sell the property, which includes the temporary lease as part of the main contract, could provide sufficient consideration for the lease to be effective and enforceable without specifying additional monetary consideration for the temporary-lease term.

The same answer would apply to those using the Buyer’s Temporary Residential Lease (TXR 1911, TREC 16-6).