When Rent.com decided to take a look at the state of the American rental market a few years ago, its poll revealed that more than 1 in 4 respondents currently leasing their residences had lost ...

PHOENIX — When it comes to deposits, there are laws to protect landlords and renters. Pamela Bridge with Community Legal Services (CLS) says a deposit can only be withheld for a few reasons. Landlords ...

It's a standard practice when it comes to renting property: You put down a security deposit, usually the amount of one month's rent, with your landlord. That money sits in your landlord's bank account ...

A deposit is a deposit, right? Not necessarily. For renters, there are security deposits, pet deposits, cleaning deposits and damage deposits, to name a few. And, of course, they can all be used to ...

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A: The security deposit is supposed to be used to offset potential damage to your rental property and should not be used as rent. Many landlords will collect both a security deposit and the last month ...