Re: First, last and security deposit - Landlord Forum thread 348545

Re: First, last and security deposit by Lila McLain (California) on September 25, 2016 @17:16

You may feel that we are scumbags for charging a large sum, however let me tell you that being a landlord is not easy. You can have excellent credit all you want but if you live like a pig and disrespect the property your renting by ruining new carpets or letting pets tear the doors up by scratching them, breaking blinds, refrigerator trays and a whole long list I can continue to tell you about, but wont. Replacing the carpet is a minimum of $3000 dollars plus anything else that is done to the residential property is not cheap. I am not a slumlord and I don't want my property to be treated as such. I would love to give back a Tenants deposit if they left it the way it was rented to them. Hardly ever happens. I understand there are good tenants out there, however they are few and far between. Cleaning, labor and replacement costs are very expensive. Put the shoe on the other foot.

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