HOWTO get your security deposit back when you move out

WikiHow has a great HOWTO for vacating an apartment without surrendering your security deposit -- not just how to clean it, but how to clean it in such a way that your landlord can't claim that you still owe. Wish I'd known about this before: I once had a crooked landlord keep back some of my deposit for failing to clean an oven that I had never, ever used during my tenancy (and this was after the landlord inspected my apartment and told me it was all OK). Link (via Consumerist)

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