Might need a lawyer
 

moved out of a place 30 days ago...landlord has my forwarding address...have e-mail proof that they received keys, etc

e-mailed them yesterday checking on status of my deposit return...no reply in 24 hours

what's next?

just go get a lawyer or politely inform them i am talking to one? ROFL

24hrs?

That's it?

Jesus dude....not everyone and everything works around your time frame.

Legal counsel from Chiefsplanet. This always goes well.

Shit, you just threw up the googler barrett bat signal. Best of luck in this thread.

landlords have 30 days to return a deposit and/or itemized list of damages

i have received neither

they should have fired off an e-mail in 24 seconds if they wanted to avoid a potentially legally damaging situation

Read your rent/ lease agreement regarding your deposit return.

What Detoxing said.

You aren't suing over a deposit. Bad math (depending on deposit).

Is this guy the landlord?

I did.

Are you dealing with a management company or an individual?

Have you called them? Harassed them? Spoken with anyone?

A lack of Email response in a matter of 24hrs hardly seems alarming at all. Some companies/people will only check their email in the morning. Sometimes not at all that day. Email is kind of archaic in 2019.

Or they may be looking into your issue and do not have a proper response yet. In which case a phone call in to them would be nice.

Trying to escalate this into a lawsuit because you haven't seen a response in 24hrs seems like quite the spoiled millennial thing to do.

From what you've told us so far:

You moved out, left your forwarding address and received email confirmation that your keys had been received.

Then you did nothing for 30 days until you finally wrote an email (of all things) and since you didn't get an immediate response (****ing millennials) you're panicking.

Dude....

I waited 30 days.

It's their job to return the security deposit, not mine to enforce the return of it.

They are a shitty ****ing management company, **** them.

Better call Saul...........

Yeah?

That's life. Not everything goes by the book.

Try being an adult and lifting up the phone before trying to escalate this into even more drama that will probably cost you more than your security deposit.

Is there Collusion or obstruction involved?

I think not.

I waited 30 days and sent an e-mail.

Now I'm looking into other options since apparently they don't abide by the law and ignore their customers.

Knowing that (and they are all notorious for this), I'd have been more persistent from the start. There's a simple rule when it comes to Accounts Payable. Pay when you absolutely have to, not a moment earlier.

My suggestion is to calm down man and follow Detoxing's advise.

Everything will be alright.

They are probably still itemizing all of the damage left from your homo-sexual bukkake parties to send you a proper bill.

1) Pick up a phone
2) Call them

LMAO Just go there in person. Probably give you the money on the spot to get you the **** away.

I'd give them a few more days. It's annoying, but keep in mind, they have lawyers on retainer ready to go. You don't.

I'd keep trying to call.

There were quite a few Gay days with Clay. That mess will be expensive to clean up.

LMAO

Jesus, you sound like a kid right now. You really sound like a spoiled Millinial.

"Sent an email" LMAO

Pick up the phone and ****ing call them during business hours if you want an immediate response.

After multiple attempts to contact them via email and phone (with voice messages) and still no response, then maybe you're on to something.

For all you know they've sent it and it was lost in the mail, or stolen.

They are only open when I'm at work.

Take a day off. You're obviously worked up enough about it.

Said manager may be out sick.

There may be a family emergency that kept the manager away for a day.

But freaking out over not receiving an email response within 24 hrs is just so...LMAO

Given what I know of this company, they are currently trying to **** me.

Have you done any research as to whether the company has a good or bad reputation?

You can make a phone call during your break. You can make multiple phone calls during your break.

Understand, the owner of the house owes you the money. He has the money.

You don't get breaks? Lunch break? Maybe you should call an employment attorney.

Regardless, you don't need a lawyer for small claims.

Sounds like some bullshit. My sweet check should already have been deposited at this point.

What kind of ****ed up property management company risks legal nonsense by not returning a deposit after THIRTY ****ING DAYS?

**** 'em.

Confirm that they're trying to **** you. 24hrs without an email confirmation means nothing.

Pick up the damn phone.

If after repeated attempts over several days they do not get back to you, then maybe you're on to something.

Until then, you're acting like a spoiled Millinial that's not getting his immediate gratification.

Most of this world does not work on free over night shipping and 24/7 Live representatives.

I hate ASSHOLE tenants.

Tell your mom to quit being a bitch.

Renting is for suckers anyway.

When's the last time you let a tenant move into a place with "great AC" that had 40% of the cooling fins bent closed?

Shut your piehole...

Sounds like you aren't getting your deposit back because of all the shit they have to fix.

Wrong. The place was spotless. I practically mother****ing licked the baseboards clean. I'm an excellent tenant with impeccable rental history.

In any case, if there were issues, they had 30 days to inform me.

They've lost that privilege.

It's quite possible that they're ****ing slacking and haven't even assessed the unit. Or haven't finished with any repairs and don't know what to charge you yet.

There could be a number of reasons.

This is why you don't wait 30 days to take action.

Give them 1-2 weeks and start pressuring so they know not to **** around.

If you're a pain in the ass they'll want you taken care of and out of their hair.

Tomorrow, get on the phone and blow their phones up.

I'm the best landlord known to mankind. I keep EVERYTHING top notch. I also return a full deposit if they leave the place clean and ready for the next tenant.

Send a certified letter officially requesting a response before you hire a lawyer

They already conducted my move-out walkthrough.

They're just a bunch of jackasses.

Go burn their office down.

But I hate my management company, so I might be a little angrier than most.

It probably cost well over $1,000 to get rid of the scent of cheap booze, midlife crisis, and possum piss.

LOL. If that's the case just give them a call. No harm on either side. Don't go the legal route over a few hundred bucks.

Finally some sound advice. :clap:

You honestly didn't hear a word here about a damned phone call?

Give your Mom some time to process... Her little boy just moved out on his own... It's a stressful time for both of you... I'm sure things will work out.. Worse case scenario you can move back into the basement for awhile...

This

NO, Thats what DICKS do. Just give them a call .

Easier to prove there was an official attempt the close the situation if you have returned receipt that they were officially given written notice vs. trying to say you called them and they would respond with "we don't recall that."

Oh shut up . Landlords don't want problems they can avoid. They have enough. A simple phone call should take care of it.

For sure. Make the call. If that is not effective, do the other thing.

Did you punch some holes in the wall playing Madden?

This sounds like an issue for small claims court

You should take them to Judge Judy!!

I got a rental back FEB 1 and just now got finished getting it ready . 3 ****ing months. People just don't understand what it takes as a landlord.

Or, you know, an even simpler e-mail!

The place was mother****ing pristine. Don't come up in here with this bullshit.

Your mom charged rent for her basement??

I've heard that shit a thousand times and had to spend two weeks cleaning it up. Did you forget all the dogshit in the back yard?

Should have took the time to paint over the jiz stains on the ceiling

I would have put money on GoChiefs getting a restraining order on Cooper.

Get a hooker? RR's friend may be in the market for one too

Give me a ****ing break dude. I mopped the floors with pine sol, replaced all the lightbulbs and put fresh batteries in the smoke detectors.

There was a ****ing clause in the move-out agreement that I had to hire a carpet cleaning service to clean the carpets and provide a ****ing goddamned receipt. So I did that.

FOR THE ONE 10x10 ROOM IN THE HOUSE THAT HAD A CARPET.

So get the **** out my face with that shit!

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/7zfbkhj8D0c/maxresdefault.jpg

Might have to take Cooper off hold for this one. He's the first person I thought of when I saw this post. Here come's Cooper.

Hammock knows this. Hammock knows the correct path forward. Hammock has decided to Hammock.

I do love this place.

Owner is going to say you didn't. He will win that argument every time. Proof you might have does not matter.

Back when I was underdeveloped as a man, I wrote off the deposits as a sunk cost tied to being a loser.

You didn't mention the back yard. Did you clean up the dog shit?

Dude, it doesn't matter what he says. The thirty days are up.

They forfeited their right to an itemized list of things that needed to be fixed.

I want my ****ing money.

Dude.

How much is your deposit?

Yes, mother****er. I even picked up all the ****ing goddamn twigs and branches. I trimmed the wild growth. I swept the back patio and the ****ing driveway.

I went back the ****ing day before the lease ended and swept all the goddamn bird shit off the patio because I was so paranoid about this company trying to **** me again.

So pretty please, with sugar on top, return my ****ing deposit.

$1100

Missouri law is very clear.

SEE?? THE LAW IS ON MY SIDE!!!

2015 Missouri Revised Statutes
TITLE XXXVI STATUTORY ACTIONS AND TORTS (521-538)
Chapter 535 Landlord-Tenant Actions

535.300.