Re: over payment for rent/ late fees - Landlord Forum thread 352750

Re: over payment for rent/ late fees by AnonymousFL on June 7, 2017 @13:12

If I were in your situation, the first thing I would do would be to make a ledger (or spreadsheet) of all of the charges and payments made. I would start the ledger a few months before you think the double payment was made in order to try and find a point where the balance was zero or close to it. Make sure each payment is backed up by a receipt or cashed check on a bank statement.

IF you are certain there was an extra payment, go to your landlord and ask for an account history including all charges, payments, fees, etc. If he asks why, say up front that you may have found an accounting error and want to double check. Hopefully he will work with you. If he refuses, then decide if you want to sue (I would, but then again, I keep good records).

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