Look at how they track tenant payments, deposits, owner payments, etc.

Would it make sense to just return their deposit in full to get them out of the house or?

I match my rent to theirs, cover my portion of the mortgage, the utilities, the rest goes into savings for repairs.

I have found that VRBO customer service is useless, can't solve my problems and they are way more expensive (8% compared to airbnb 3%) VRBO owes me alittle over 1k in past rents and they blame the root cause that my w 9 doesn't match IRS records but no one can seem to tell me how or what field.

On September 25, 2008, Washington Mutual Bank was closed by the Office of Thrift Supervision and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation was named receiver.

Closing costs alone should be more than that.Hi Anthony,My lender covered closing costs after the initial 1% deposit ($4,050)

Bad agents are a dime a dozen, find someone that matches with your expectations.

Landlord didn't want direct deposit because she said the program was not real and might have tapped into the apartment complex bank account.

What about deposits?

SB 291 prohibits the landlord from charging a screening charge unless the landlord includes written notice to the applicant of the following:A right to appeal a negative determination, if any right to appeal exists;Any nondiscrimination policy as required by federal, state or local law plus any non-discrimination policy of the landlord, including that a landlord may not discriminate against an applicant because of the race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, marital status, familial status or source of income of the applicant;The amount of rent the landlord will charge and the deposits the landlord will require, subject to change in the rent or deposits by agreement of the landlord and the tenant before entering into a rental agreement; andWhether the landlord requires tenants to obtain and maintain renter’s liability insurance and, if so, the amount of insurance required.The following will require landlords to review their screening criteria and application documents.