If you did not serve notice, it is possible your tenant may be legitimately staying on.If you did serve notice, or there is no automatic transition to a monthly tenancy in Minnesota, then check your tenancy laws to see how "over-holding" is to be addressed.

The point is, there are legitimate reasons communities need to find solutions for affordable housing. 

There are plenty of legitimate actions on the part of a landlord that can drive out a tenant.

Hi all,After doing some research, I think that I'm comfortable with the requirements of how to handle abandoned property or items that tenants leave behind after an eviction or left-the-city-overnight escapes...but I'm not as clear on what to do if tenants leave behind something after a legitimate lease move-out and ending.

Every time we call, we get a different story about what they require to verify that WE are a legitimate landlord.  

Looking for a legitimate property owner or a property manager that works that area.

However I do fix these IF I find that the item legitimately broke and was not due to rough handling.

It sounds like you've researched this person well enough to know they are legitimate and they are sending you money not asking you for it.  

Is the reason for wanting the fence legitimate?

Assuming the repairs were all legitimate, you won’t be responsible for repaying any of the $2,000, as that is the intent of a security deposit, but you’ll have to be able to provide proof that the funds were spend only on those repairs.