They never told me about this fee and won't release my deposit until I sign the release form woth deducts the 400 from mt deposit.

Folks just have to realize NO money up front and especially.I wish BP would be able to tag the American Greed episode on REmington financial and tag Ingrid Robinsons website .. these were classic cases of fake lenders.. with Ingrid being the victim and taking down Remington who had been doing this for over 20 years.. those guys had some cajones they took Due Diligence and deposit money for all those years but never over 10k so anyone complaining it would not go anywhere.. it was said on the show that in all those years they closed no more than 3 or 5 loans.. both the principals got major prison time.the issue today is most of these folks are hiding on the internet or are off shore very tough to catch and your not getting any funding or money back thats a given.

Avail is more limited to the tenant experience side of things such as creating lease agreements and accepting rent payments and deposits.

Yesterday, tenant found listing on furnished finder and made specific requests and they were hoping to get in that day, so I told them they could deposit cash in my bank and I would email the lease directly, which I did.

I average about $500/yr on average, and in most areas common wear and tear are not able to be withheld from deposit.  

Keep the deposit?

4 tenants (students) were supposed to pay security deposit today for April 1 move in.

Good tenants have options, they don't have to stay with a landlord like you describe who doesn't try to have a good business relationshipBy your logic, this tenant should have broken their lease when the refrigerator was not fixed/replaced within 2 weeks and gotten their deposit back.

It is fairly common for appraisals of the same property to come in at very different numbers from different appraisers.In any event, I do not wish to engage in an endless debate with people who have more time on their hands than I.

We had one case where the sale was court contested and cost us $45,000 in legal fees and after 9 years of Depositions, Interrogatories, etc, we still had not gone before the judge.