Tenant B, (who has always been the difficult one, very entitled) who had $287.50 deducted, sent me a text message telling me he was entitled to a full refund and he disputes my charges.

Instead, Elite simply stopped responding to my emails until August 3, at which time they got in touch to settle this dispute and my dispute with their sister company.

There are also a bunch of rules around water services because as everyone knows they are frequently a subject of dispute between landlords and tenants. 

To place a t/ber in that would fail without guidance to improve their FICO score is what many REIs do.Credit Improvement entails a few things:-Pulling Credit-Disputing negative entries as per the Fair Credit Reporting ActSee http://www.ftc.gov/os/statutes/fcrajump.shtm-Settling debt at 20 cents on the dollar-Getting new positive accounts on the bureaus (there are 3 of them).

This happens all the time, your not the only one, but cops have to find a criminal law that is non disputable for them to file charges, they can not act as a judge.

I have, though, taken the NC real estate brokerage class per my company's resolution.

I give them a week to find out any problems they might have, but I make it clear to them that I will either fix the problems or note it as "previous damage" on their report with respect to their damage deposit.When there is a dispute, I often try and work out a solution.

I'm going to post what I find here so other landlords can handle conversion, trespass of chattel and abandonment of property disputes they have with dead-beat tenants in California.

I also view the boards as way to help folks think about the asset class not just a place to list steps for resolution.  

You are expecting a legal dispute so contact a local real estate lawyer and get an informed opinion.