Q: Can my landlord charge me another security deposit upon renewing my lease
I am renewing my lease for the third year, the new lease stipulates that I will pay management a security deposit for "this said lease." Is the property management requesting I pay a new security deposit; paid one three years ago upon home in.
A:
Probably not, this is the problem with forms. You should tell your landlord to modify that section to state you already paid the security deposit and it will be applied to this new lease.
I am happy to see that you in fact read your lease. In my experience 95% of people would simply sign the renewed lease without thinking about that provision.
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