Why was the contractor bothering the new owners if their dispute is with you? 

Be especially careful charging a tenant for the entire cost of carpet when the carpets are like 10 years oldPicture or pin holes in walls, as long as not excessivePainting the exterior of the homePressure washing unless there are oil stains from their autoRoutine maintenanceThere are many more circumstances that could and will come into play, but lets all work together to come to a resolution.

This is fairly simple for a local architect to look up the specifics within the zoning resolution.

@Mark DiGioia Accepting credit card payment or any type of merchant payment runs the risk of the payment being disputed and in some cases the payment get refunded to the customer.

He informed you that you would be charged for the hole patching on the wall, which you didn't dispute or offer to repair yourself.

If someone disputes, paypal will likely side with them and take the money from your account to refund them, and if there isn't enough money in your paypal account, per the user agreement they can pull it from your bank account.If you are out of state, why not hire a PM?

Be careful even if you have a clause in the lease regarding forfeiting a deposit as many states don't honor that clause, and some allow the tenant to sue for x times the amount contested (in MD, for instance, it's 3x the disputed amount).   

In any case, what was your resolution?

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Just curious on the resolution for this.