Do's and Don'ts - Tenant Move-out

Landlord

What The LPA says you should do and what you should not do about:

Tenant Move-Out

DO

• Have a signed and fully documented Property Condition Report
  
• Have the tenants prepared with a Tenant Notice of Intention to Vacate Letter
  
• Use a Security Settlement Statement to itemize deductions and to accompany the return of the tenant's deposit.
  
• Use a Security Settlement Challenge Crusher letter to deal with any complaints about deductions from the deposit.
  
  

DON'T

• tell the tenants that they will not be getting their security deposit back. Let them see that on the Security Settlement Statement.
  
• return any security deposit until after tenant vacates and the rental has been inspected for damages