Need to consult with a real estate or general lawyer in Nashville about a situation

[Christopher Davis]

I am in an unbelievable mess between myself and an incompetent real estate agent. I'll try to summarize without wiring a novel. I own an investment home in Nashville. It is a dispute of about $2000 based on handyman work agent was hired to coordinate, before placing a tenant and managing the property. I made it abundantly clear verbally and in writing that I need receipts and invoices for work completed, because it was to be applied against a tenant security deposit. I sent her money up front in good faith to get work started. Turns out she got no receipts whatsoever. I told her a dozen times. She gave me a very vague list of work completed with numbers ("dent to woodwork $," "Paint, $," "Hardwood scratched $" etc), but I cannot match any work done in the house with the list. No receipts or invoices.

She is now demanding payment based on her vague list of numbers which I cannot verify, and ignoring all my pleas for receipts and explanation of work done. It's like I'm in the twilight zone. I ask for receipts and she tells me about chipmunks. I am not trying to avoid paying for work. I am happy to reimburse her when the accounting is satisfactory and I can see what was done and apply it to a line item. But she will not respond to these very reasonable requests. Most of all, she got no receipts or invoices of any kind. I am simply asking for proper accounting and explanation to verify before I reimburse her. 

Anyway I would like to talk with a lawyer to see what I should do and get some legal guidance if she tries to escalate her demands. 

Thank you