Decent tenant of 4 years  moved out , only gave 2 weeks notice . I schedule a move out inspection the day he is leaving . They call for a east coast snow storm so he calls me and tells me he is leaving 2 days early and wants me to meet him . I tell him I am out of town and will be there on the scheduled day . He is upset , wanted money before he left , I told him I have 45 days  he leaves . Fast forward a week , I email him pictures of the damage , 2 bedroom doors , a broken kitchen drawer , drywall repair , big time inside  cleaning , leaves were not raked up and crap in the yard , 1 broken window and 5 torn screens  and black film on all walls .

I tell him I have a contractors starting next week to fix everything . He gets loud and says "YOU are a CONTRACTOR , you can fix it it will be cheaper . I had to break it to him that since I cant charge for my labor , and  I am busy on paying jobs , I am hiring subs to do the work . " You cant charge for painting you have to repaint between tenants "   I replied to him that he did a crappy job painting an accent wall in each room without permission , and smoking pot in the house left a  dark film , so yes I will charge to repaint . I also told him I am NOT charging for the carpet damage ( it looked good at move in but was old ) . He said there was snow on the ground and couldnt do the leaves ( No snow in December and it was warn )   I told him to read the lease , it is all spelled out . And he will get a list of all charges against his deposit and will either get a check or a bill for the balance .  He isnt too happy .