If rent is due on the first of each month and you move in Feb 1 and pay a security deposit and 1st month's rent at that time, your next rent payment is due March 1. You can show up at the leasing office on March 1 and pay. You don't have to be early. If fact, some landlords will give you a certain number of days in a "grace period" where they won't charge you or bother you if you pay within those few days after the due date.
Some landlords like for rent to be paid on the first of each month regardless of when you move in. In that case, if you move in in the middle of the month, you will pay pro-rated rent for the partial month and your deposit when you sign the rental agreement, but your first full payment will be due on the 1st of the following month.
You should notify them as soon as you notice it. Not doing so could be considered a form of fraud.
You can earn interest.
I calculate the interest rate should be given for 4 month saving deposit
Three to six months of expenses is considered good. David Ramsey has lots of good info and suggestions. He recommends starting with $1000 in an emergency fund and then paying off ALL debt. Then saving the 3-6 months worth of expenses.
It could take a couple months to a couple years depending on what actions you are taking to improve your credit. You should be paying off debt and establishing new credit.
Unless the child has a job, I would say 3 ways. It should only be split between tax paying adults.
You should be able to. If you are working past retirement age and paying in to state disability you should be able to collect up to 12 months. State disability is different then federal social security. If you are paying in and its within the 12 months you should be eligible to collect on what you paid for, it is insurance.
Deposit is not rent. If you allowed them to take possession of the property without the full security deposit, try working out a small payment arrangement.
The accounting journal entries to record a security deposit should be a separate entry titled security deposit. You should include the tenants name, and it should be considered a liability since you will have to return it at some point.
dont unless you reallly have a lot of money to spare and dond do it with a credit card
There is no such thing as a nonrefundable security deposit.
To move into a dwelling, the landlord is going to generally ask you for the first month's rent, a security deposit, and often times the last months rent. Every state has its own rules about this and you should check with it. In South Carolina and Florida your security deposit may not exceed one month's rent. And in both states that security deposit may not be used as rent unless you and the landlord mutually agree.
Your state laws should have a section about "landlord and tenant" or the like. There are also many self-help books available about landlord/tenant laws. In Massachusetts, for example, the law defines both a security deposit and a damage deposit and ONLY the security deposit can be applied to delinquent rent, and the damage deposit remains the property of the tenant until the landlord proves damage to the premises and the costs to repair them.
A security deposit is a refundable deposit that a tenant pays to their landlord before they move into a property As long as a tenant abides by the terms of their lease, this deposit should be returned to a tenant when their lease has expired. There are certain situations where a landlord is allowed to keep all or part of a tenant's security deposit.
Most states which have laws governing (and limiting) deposits consider a pet deposit to be a security deposit, intended to be used for repairing physical damage. Some states forbid any security deposit greater than one month's rent, including a 'pet deposit'. So, yes, if there is no physical damage, the deposit should be returned.
Look at the lease agreement. Whoever is listed as the landlord, that is who should return the security deposit.
your security deposit is for DAMAGES caused by the tenant. Note this is major damages (broken windows, holes in the walls), not normal wear and tear. This flood was caused by faulty plumbing, not the tenant, so the tenant's security deposit should not be effected by this. Therefore the tenant should get his security deposit back, unless there were damages caused by the tenant themselves (not by the flood).