They give us 24 hours in Florida after the deposit is paid before the final amount is due.

It would be very costly and the tenant base (hispanic) prefers not to have additional costs, and the City of Dallas requries large deposits to set up service that isn't feasible for this type of tenant.

Of course he's not getting his deposit back.Put an eviction on his record and he will be paying for years to come.

Hi All, am trying to set up auto rent deposit with my tenant.

When I am dealing directly with property owners I often give only a $10 or perhaps a $100 earnest money deposit.

I used an option to purchase the property, the option fee was $100 but I only gave her $1 as a deposit with the rest to be paid once I exercised my option.

As Jon suggests,their is no getting around your earnest money deposit.

Get earnest deposit?

Does this contract give you exclusive rights to sell the property for a given timeframe (ie the seller can't sell it to someone else and just give you your deposit back, if he finds a better offer?)

Under the best of circumstances, it amounts to getting the check out of the mail and depositing it at the bank.