If you keep the security deposit high, they will make an effort to clean the place up when leaving because they will want their money back. We are in the process of moving out of an apartment, which is not trashed one bit, but I will go over and vaccuum this weekend and make sure everything looks the way it did a year ago when we started renting because I want my 600 dollars back. Not that I would have broken the windows, or ripped the screens apart had the deposit been lower, but now I want the place to look like it can be rented the next day, so the landlord will give my money back after we walk him through the house and return the keys.
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