Legal Question in Real Estate Law in Florida

I live in florida, and am renting my house out so I can move closer to school. My tenant vacated the house without warning 3 months into his 1 year lease. There was no 7 day notice or letter warning of any problems he was having. After he moved out I received a certified letter stating the reasons why he left. He said I invaded his privacy, didn't fix things on time, and didn't tell him where I placed his security deposit. He wants to get his last month and security deposit back and threatens to take me to court if I don't. Can he win because I didn't deposit the security deposit in a seperate account but put it in my own account? I was not aware I had to until now.


Asked on 2/25/11, 6:29 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
John Harmon The Law Office of John W. Harmon

Lack of knowledge of the law is not an acceptable excuse. According to your facts you comingled funds. Yes, he will win on the facts presented.

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Answered on 2/25/11, 7:18 pm


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