The code says "Any security deposit in excess of fifty dollars or one month's periodic rent, whichever is greater, shall bear interest on the excess at the rate of five per cent per annum if the tenant remains in possession of the premises for six months or more, and shall be computed and paid annually by the landlord to the tenant."1 - Do I have this right?

When high rollers pass away or just improve their old ones are a couple bucks, get them dry cleaned for a couple bucks and bam, dressed for success cheaper than Walmart.

Tiling: check the tiling and grouting to make sure that it looks neat and even, and that excess grout did not spill over onto the tiles.Appliances – briefly check your appliances to make sure that they’re in good working order.Cleanliness: Have the house deep-cleaned, so that it practically sparkles when you look at it.

Purchasing the property sucked my liquid $$ dry (went 20% down and got hit with another almost 10% in closing costs).

Also foreclosure inventory has dried up.

Then have the floor drain and sump committed to only excess rainwater in leaky basement, burst pipes, etc.?

We had tons of rain after the foundation fix.it has been dry now for about 10 days, but still seems to be shifting.  

In my market foreclosures are starting to dry up cause the area has bounced back since the recession. 

For me expired are drying up but there are still notice of default leads.

I suspect what you're hearing about is not agents trying to do a short sale for a client, but agents/scammer investors trying to gain gain title to skim rents, and hanging the seller out to dry.