Bummer, man... bummer!

We finally found out the status of our security deposit from our apartment in Scottsdale. The landlord is pocketing it. He deducted the realtor's commission, the cost of having an ad in the paper, and rent for the period it is standing un-occupied in July. This left us owing him $294 to "cover his expenses", but he said that he was willing to call it even since we did such a good job cleaning the place up. Bottom line, I think we're just going to have to swallow it because if he held us to our lease agreement, he would have taken our deposit and charged an additional month's rent. He let us get out of their pretty easy.

But still, somehow I feel a bit wronged. We had paid our June rent before we decided we had to move. Even though we left on the 17th, we pretty much figured he'd keep the remainder. We worked hard to find someone to take over the lease before we left and had lots of people see the place. However, he decided to rent the property to someone that didn't want to move in until July 25th. So, I feel like since they "called off the search" early, we shouldn't have to pay for anything beyond June. Problem is if we start raising a fuss, he might just say, "Fine, you owe me $294". Or worse.

--RP--