Also check how long you have to notify the tenant that they won't be getting their full deposit back and how long you have to return the balance.

The vast majority of lawsuits against Landlords are for wrongful eviction, security deposit disputes, and Fair Housing Violations.

For example, if you plan to buy a home with a mortgage but you fail to make financing one of the conditions of the sale--and you aren't approved for the mortgage--you can lose your deposit on the home and could even be sued by the seller for failing to fulfill your end of the contract.An experienced real estate agent deals with the same contracts and conditions on a regular basis, and is familiar with which conditions should be used, when they can safely be removed and how to use the contract to protect you, whether you're buying or selling your home.4.

Hopefully you kept the deposit to cover the costs as that is likely all you'll see.

If there is a fee for breaking the lease, then add that to the invoice you send him as part of 'returning' the deposit. 

Would you charge damages from the security deposit?

I will want my tenant's deposits to give as I SOLD my property, only because of how stressful dealing with them was.

Also, you should have her security deposit, so you could also use that to pay for the new lease, and tell the new landlord that you are paying it out of her security deposit.I would start by asking some probing questions to your tenant, such as, I'm considering paying for your 1st month to move out by xx date, do you have a new location picked out?

Once evicted if these items are left, the cost to dispose of them gets deducted from the deposit.

If tenant does not like the truth, we have records of when they paid, the condition of the unit at move-in and move-out, the record of security deposit deductions including photos.if a tenant wants to sue for the truth, I consider it a cost of doing business.