Ensuring a solid lease agreement and security deposit will help mitigate this.

For those of you that have good w2 income and want to take advantage of employer matching (100% return!)

I lost another $1000 in inspection fees but should get back $2000 earnest money deposit.

Quote from @Matthew Beninate: Quote from @Sarita Scherpereel: Quote from @Seo Hui Han: You may want to consider local banks / credit unions just because many of them will require or give you more favorable terms for things like HELOC's and other line of credit products if you have a deposit account with them. 

My involvement in this dispute of deposit money began and ended in those screenshots I supplied.

This includes preparing the property for renters, pricing it right, marketing, application screening, collecting rent, dealing with unpaid rent and other lease violations, security deposit disposition, inspections, and so much more.

Our offers include clauses allowing us to do our due diligence before closing and protect Earnest Money Deposit (EMD).

This will provide you two benefits:1) Help you better define the position, so you can hire a better matched person2) Make training the next person easier

She can also do postdated cheques, so you can deposit them on the 1st of each month. 

You have to adjust your expectations to match current reality, which includes higher mortgage rates, higher prices, more expensive taxes and insurance, more competition, etc.