19 October 2025 | 11 replies
I suspect that full security deposit forfeiture for lease violation may not be legal.
21 November 2025 | 40 replies
Worst case get a double security deposit, a higher rent/guest/occupany fee, and make the SSN holder the sole applicant and the other adult as a guest.
12 November 2025 | 8 replies
They take on a job and get a deposit.
12 November 2025 | 21 replies
Laura Young was my funding officer, and I settled the $4000 security deposit in January and received a credit back at closing in the last week of February.
19 October 2025 | 6 replies
Coincidentally the list of repairs they emailed her equals the amount of her security deposit.
12 November 2025 | 25 replies
The legal document related to breaking the lease and how to deal with the last months rent and security deposit will need to be in English- as is the lease.
20 November 2025 | 8 replies
I strongly recommend collecting the full security deposit before any approved tenant moves in!
5 November 2025 | 3 replies
We embrace S8 applicants, but screen them just like any other applicant.Many have an entitlement mentality and try to leverage their S8 voucher by pretending to be helpless:1) A percentage won't apply because they expect a landlord to waive application fees for them.2) Many cry broke and expect a landlord NOT to charge them a security deposit.3) Many of those same S8 tenants trying to avoid paying a security deposit, won't make an effort to call the list of nonprofits we send them that will pay their security deposit if they apply.4) A lot of them try to avoid paying for utilities.
17 November 2025 | 11 replies
If they don’t pay it will come out of the security deposit.
3 November 2025 | 5 replies
Did they post a security deposit with the current owner?