Agree.

Apparently he got tenants already, so I don't see what he's making a stink about.

But it's all over now. Lesson learned.

Hope his new tenants give him problems. :)

But in all seriousness, I'm glad you were professional about it throughout the process, even when the landlord was being a dick.

As a side note, I recently became a landlord, and these kinds of issues give me nightmares! Fortunately, I think I found myself some good tenants.

actually I thought OP was some sort of legal counsel looking over the case or assisting in mediation or something. good on your for suggesting the 50/50 to make the mess go away, somewhat amicably. disappointing to hear the reaction from the landlord. being a landlord isn't glamorous and not all rainbows and butterflies like HGTV likes to make it out so I can see their point of view. but still talking all that trash after they found tenants already :seriously: I won't give my thoughts on it I don't want points/ban :lol

In all fairness, we suggested pro-rated, and he suggested 50/50.

We were ready to take the 50/50 deal because we thought pro-rated probably would have ended up pretty close to 50/50 anyway, so we figure, let's just get this over with.

In hindsight, maybe the landlord already got a new tenant right away, therefore 50/50 would get him more than pro-rated. But, who knows.

Out of curiosity, what would've happened if you just cancelled the check before it was deposited?

Our deposit was made in cash.

But according to that case file I linked in the full story post with virtually the same situation, the tenants cancelled their deposit cheque, the landlord filed a dispute and got nothing. (And lost a $50 filing fee.)

So I'd assume pretty much the same would have happened.