Re: General Security Deposit Return questions. - Landlord Forum thread 349505

Re: General Security Deposit Return questions. by Anonymous on December 1, 2016 @20:11

Did you actually take the tenant's word that it only needed touch ups before you arrived? Are you showing the house during make ready, before it is ready to show? These are mistakes that should not be made.

You can charge his SD everything except normal wear and tear. When my tenant left me over one hundred nail holes I charged him for about 75 holes as 100 holes is not normal wear and tear. If they screwed up the paint in a room, I would charge him a premium equal to the extra time and materials you incurred. Patching and touching up the walls with the wrong color is not normal wear and tear. Charge him via the security deposit settlement statement and make sure you send if before your state's deadline, usually 30 days.

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