DerbyDad03 wrote:


SNIP HAPPENS
(S)He could look at the repairs, and even if they are perfect, charge
you for them anyway. Some landlords are like that.



Theres a fun way of dealing with landlords who start with holding deposit
money for thigs like nail holes and wall anchor patches.

The landlord (not he manager or management company, but the landlord
who actually owns the buildng) is without fdoubt depeciating the building
on the landlord's federal and state income taxes.

Among other things, that depreciation covers ordinary wear and tear, and
small items like the kind of repair the OP is talking about. A 3 foot x
2 foot hole
punched into a gypsum wall is a different isssue, but wall anchors and
repairs for wall anchors are normal wear and tear

Its always fun, in the cases where I represented a tenant being screwed this
way bu a management company or landlord to remind the landlord and
the property manager that bull**** deductions for ordinary wear and tear
will result in a certified mail letter the local IRS district office and
the state
income tax folks about the obvious tax fraud being perpetrated by the
landlord
in taking the deduction for depreciation each of the years you lived in
the rental.

Amazing how quickly sense overtakes the greed of the management
companies and landlords.
taxing