re: Security Deposit Return

Landlords always try to get out of paying the deposit. I had a $1,400 deposit in one place I was living and the landlord told me when I was moving out that "once I set foot in the house with my dog he did not have to legally give me my money back." This was after he saw my dog and allowed me verbally to let my dog stay. He ended up giving me $500 back of my deposit.

A similar thing happened to my parents. Most people I know don't get their deposit back.