Sorry for the harsh lesson, but, you should not do anymore "...FU to the landlord..." type of stuff....and try to end this amicably as possible, or risk being even more expensive after adding your legal fees and the landlords legal fees and damages.Don't let pride or self-righteousness add more fuel to the fire, it only makes it sting and cost more.

It helps to keep a weapon within arms reach at all times.

Sounds like the guy may have just done it himself.The only issue I can see is if there is no language around how to determine what needed to be done and how to do it and to what standard that the owner could say he did what was agreed to and you are breaching the contract and try to keep the deposit.I DON'T think this is likely, but people will take righteous positions and will litigate over anything sometimes.What I would do is ask for the reduction in order to have someone I trust do the work.

Manny I completely agree I have an honest smile and a sweet voice weapons of mass destruction LOL (jus kidding) but I appreciate everyones feedback and opinions :-)

Hide all your firearms and edged weapons during this process.

That kid is wicked smart, but he's like a weapon, point him in the right direction and he is there. 

my grandpa found an axe that had recently been used to murder someone... instead of calling the cops; he took it to the station himself and said "look, I found the murder weapon!"

And you won't get one without a court order.If I do make $40-$50 million doing what I do, rest assured I will have a training course and a shelf of books for sale and a traveling guru seminar and I will most certainly mightily and righteously insist in all of them that my success was all thanks to pulling myself up by my own bootstraps through taking the right risks, a good attitude, leveraging competitive advantages, AND OF COURSE HARD WORK.Because hard work will set you free, or as it was once put in German, "Arbeit macht frei."

The security deposit is the only weapon we have to ensure they keep the place clean, so if they simply used it up with their last month, and they didn't clean or they wrecked stuff - we would be out of luck!

I am on day 4 of wholesaleing and so far its been great but I really lik to know what is your secret weapon that makes you sell quicker and faster,so i would like to know what is your center piece that makes you always find motivated sellers that you really rely on,love to hear from you guys thanks.