Thank you so much for your reply.

My lease has an addendum attached which the old one doesn't. Based on the addendum, the tenants need to pay for certain repair undoubtedly (according to my PM and another experienced landlord, the tenants need to pay it as well even without the addendum). I mentioned it to one tenant (a college student) once and the tenant's roommate's father, who is an attorney, sent me an email saying he would sue me if I deduct their deposit. I did not intent to deduct their deposit because the tenant is a good kid, who works hard and is willing to move to a less expensive apt to save money instead of using parents' money, which I doubt my kid will do in the future. I simply donot like that attorney's tone, I just want him to know I am not scared by his treats if I do not deduct their deposit. So I 'd like to have some legal documents in hand showing I have the right to deduct their deposit but I won't.

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• You are wasting your time -lexm5- ♂ (649 bytes) () 09/22/2014 postreply 11:15:18

• I appreciate your time and informative replies. -sleepyfox- ♂ (606 bytes) () 09/22/2014 postreply 11:54:13

• What you should have done is threatening eviction -lexm5- ♂ (1024 bytes) () 09/22/2014 postreply 12:19:17

• Thanks. -sleepyfox- ♂ (408 bytes) () 09/22/2014 postreply 12:35:27

• New lease doesn't have to be post-date -lexm5- ♂ (1060 bytes) () 09/22/2014 postreply 12:44:06

• You are right. -sleepyfox- ♂ (516 bytes) () 09/22/2014 postreply 13:09:54

• 俺覺得你沒有必要簽什麽addendum, 你買了這個house，你就有權利和義務履行這個沒有到期的lease。 -水中撈月- ♂ (359 bytes) () 09/22/2014 postreply 13:04:41

• Probably the default rule is that new owner has to honor the old -lexm5- ♂ (164 bytes) () 09/22/2014 postreply 13:24:02

• 看樣子是時候來學一點本州法律了。 -sleepyfox- ♂ (0 bytes) () 09/22/2014 postreply 13:25:46

• 我是覺得打官司沒什麽，一個老地主和我的PM都告訴我我不會輸。 -sleepyfox- ♂ (326 bytes) () 09/22/2014 postreply 13:24:35

• 按上麵lexm5說的，看看你的老lease有沒有賣房即終止原合同這一條， -水中撈月- ♂ (236 bytes) () 09/22/2014 postreply 13:29:51

• Unless you don't want to spend quality time with your LD -lexm5- ♂ (372 bytes) () 09/22/2014 postreply 13:34:33

• 開竅了，not a battle worth fighting. 多謝！！ -sleepyfox- ♂ (0 bytes) () 09/22/2014 postreply 14:08:18