Tenant moves out

[Aaron Sims]

Have a tenant who gave me his 30 day notice. Lived there for 15 years ... So he told me to keep the $500 deposit because he was going to leave everything in the apartment building which he did. He left the place a wreck. Most likely because we raised he rent. Tenant never gave me a forwarding address so I can send him a letter stating why we are keeping the deposit. What the next step?

Question 2

The tenant sister lives downstairs and were sharing the 2 car garage . The tenant left stuff in his garage aswell.. The sister ask if she could grab some stuff from his side which I allowed. Now that I have a new tenant moving in.. The sister tells me after 2 weeks of her brother moving out that there's some items that were on his side of garage that she wanted bit I through all the stuff out after she moved some items over to her side of garage. Now she's upset. What's my next move?