It would be interesting to hear about the technology landlords use for leasing, property management software, unattended leasing, AI, deposits, and more.

I spoke to a gentleman yesterday who put 400K into a four unit in the city and his first tenant in the one unit bounced their first month's rent and security deposit checks.

Working with a HML requiring a non-refundable earnest money deposit…What due diligence do you perform before sending that deposit to minimize risk?

Do a cash for keys deal and just try to get them out early… I’ve thought about offering that if they leave by the end of November (~60 days notice) that I’d give them November free + $500 in moving expenses and return of security deposit if left in good condition3.

I’m a new landlord in CA and missed the 21 day window to return the security deposit (I thought I had 30 days).

Deposit AmountThose are the 4 items you have to play with that do the negotiating. 

Quote from @Marc Brandon: How much was the deposit?

I paid it...Didn't  find a buyer and lost the deposit. 

You get an estoppel from each tenant saying this is how much rent I’m paying, this is how big a security deposit I gave, here’s who pays for utilities, when my lease ends, etc etc. 

So I made a compromise with myself, instead of putting that $100 directly to my principle, I'm opening a brokerage account that will have $100 deposited into it automatically every month and invested in index funds using dollar cost averaging method.