Consider all the things that could go wrong and see if the lease addresses them: unauthorized pets or tenants, early termination, security deposit, lease violations, late rent, eviction, lawn maintenance, parking, etc.5.

Since mid August til now I have lost 5 tenants, well two left deposits and moved in prior to the month.

The vast majority of lawsuits against Landlords are for wrongful eviction, security deposit disputes, and Fair Housing Violations.

His wedding venues in Dallas all shut down suddenly recently & left many couples out their deposits & venues!

From mid july I started noticing I have not received any deposits and I thought it might be a delay since it is a new property.

I would keep the deposit unless I am able to rebook the dates and then I would only make her pay the difference for any unbooked nights. 

Not sure the extent but f the damage yet but the few things she told me about will go beyond the security deposit.  

The deposit amount when working with a lender comes from the lender - it is basically the amount of skin the lender wants you to have in the game. 

Also the Voucher doesn't cover the security deposit which in most cases, I have to put my S8 tenants on a security deposit payment plan for those to get them qualified to move-in on my applications.

Sometimes it can be difficult to collect and some landlords will keep any unpaid utilities out of the security deposit, though CA is one of the trickier states to do this in.