Either way it sounds like you will more than likely will need an lawyer to get this resolved if there isn't one.  

I'm thinking I would have to possibly engage an attorney.At any rate, thankfully the issue was resolved a few days later.  

My wife found it out in a print out that I brought from the landlord office.Any adivice to resolve the issue?

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This will get resolved and turn into a lesson learn of paying contractors up front.

As a reminder, your security deposit is x amount, which will be available to you after move out inspection is completed and any repairs or damages not due to normal wear and tear are resolved.

Just be sure that they wire you the money with a significant amount of lead time to move in, as paypal allows the sender to request a return of funds up to 14 days (if I remember correctly) and paypal will actually pull the money back out of your bank and hold it in escrow until the "dispute is resolved".

I'm tempted to jump on a plane and come resolve this myself, but that seems a bit ridiculous and I think I'm better at keeping my tongue via email :)

Hopefully and slowly, a collective movement will resolve the whole RE victims and nightmares.

The short answer is get a good lender who can tell you if it is a good loan then you can decided which is better after you have resolved the loan questions.