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security-deposit-recovery
Get your security deposit back — the move-out documentation that wins disputes before they start, the itemized-deduction challenge, the demand-letter ladder, and the small-claims decision point. Use when asked how do I get my deposit back, my landlord is keeping my deposit, dispute these deposit deductions, or write a deposit demand letter. Produces the move-out evidence protocol, the deduction-by-deduction challenge with the wear-and-tear line drawn, the escalation ladder with letters, and the small-claims prep sheet.
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# Security Deposit Recovery Skill
Deposit disputes are won at move-out, weeks before the landlord decides anything: the tenant with timestamped photos of every wall, a completed walkthrough, and a forwarding address in writing collects; the tenant with memories negotiates. This skill runs both phases — the evidence protocol while there's still access, and the challenge-and-escalate ladder when deductions arrive — anchored on the distinction that decides almost every dispute: normal wear and tear (the landlord's cost of doing business, in most jurisdictions not deductible) versus damage (yours).
## What This Skill Produces
- **The move-out protocol** — the photo/video sweep, the walkthrough ask, the cleaning-receipts file, the forwarding-address letter
- **The deduction challenge** — each claimed deduction sorted wear-vs-damage-vs-unsubstantiated, with the response
- **The escalation ladder** — the itemization request, the demand letter, and the deadline math (jurisdiction-flagged)
- **The small-claims prep sheet** — when the amount justifies it, what to bring, and how these hearings actually go
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