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Alexandra West Security deposit questions - urgent
19 April 2021 | 14 replies

Hello, if tenant has not provided any mail forwarding address am I still required to return the security deposit? Is the onus on me to proactively ask her for her mail forwarding address if she failed to provide it up...

Matthew Knudsen Fired property management company. get my tenants deposit back?
23 April 2017 | 10 replies

ok so this gets messy. I'm in the middle of a divorce, my original rental management company was my soon to be ex wifes father figure. (no relation via marriage or blood). I fired him before the tenants moved in. Howe...

Kirk Cochran Terminated Month-to-month Landlord Demanding Extra Month's Rent
21 July 2016 | 20 replies

Hello all. I am new to the forums and seeking some advice with how to deal with my landlord.I rented with my landlord for the past year. The original lease was from July 1st, 2015 to June 30th, 2016. Rent is $800 and ...

Jesse Ramirez What is your state's minimum earnest money deposit?
18 November 2015 | 14 replies

If anybody has access to a link or list of the minimum earnest money depsosit required by each state please post it here. If not lets just get a list going of state by state requirements. What does your state require?...

Don Daniels Cozy rent due early to arrive on the 1st?
7 July 2017 | 3 replies

I'm using cozy for my rentals - great tool. For those of you using online rent collections you're familiar with the 5-10 days wait time for the rent to deposit. Do you require your tenants to pay ahead of the 1st so t...

Brandon Schlichter The best pet policy?
31 August 2015 | 9 replies

Wanting to brainstorm or at least get feedback on an appropriate pet policy.My rentals are mostly in rougher neighborhoods, but far from the inner city warzones that some landlords are used to, as all my properties ar...

Bienes Raices What do I do now with the security deposit?
14 December 2011 | 9 replies

I had three roommates living together. One of them broke the lease and moved out a couple of months ago. He gave 12 days notice that he was moving out, with a voicemail. The lease states that he needed to give 60 days...

Chin P. Maryland Security Deposit Trust Accounts
4 March 2016 | 8 replies

Question for those landlords operating in Maryland. I understand that the Maryland Security Deposit Law requires landlords who collect security deposits to deposit the funds collected, within 30 days of receipt, into...

John R Bongiovanni Alternatives to full security deposit
6 February 2025 | 11 replies

Does anybody have recommendations on the various alternatives to requiring a full security deposit?I know there is surety bond process and there a a few companies that appear to offer a service (Like Rhino)Furnished F...

Jennifer Jackson Tenant Resisting Autopay
5 August 2018 | 26 replies

I purchased a property with existing tenants. Currently, each of them puts their rent in a dropbox. We changed this method to an online system. All of our tenants have signed up except one, who refuses to use the syst...