getting back deposit if completed rental application was never sent to landlord from realtor

[les_luna]

Originally Posted by Rabrrita

Licensed as what? There are regulations in NYS for how certain businesses within the rental industry must handle consumer funds. If you can not find legal assistance locally, you need to gather all your documents and write a clean understandable complaint to the NYS Attorney General's Office They seem to take the regulations very seriously when it comes to rental application fees, deposits, and business practices.

Thank you! I will try one more time to get all documents from them, give them a demand letter for return of deposit and threaten to take the situation further if they do not comply. Hopefully they will find it in there best interest to return the $500 verses legal action.

[JanND]

Originally Posted by Rabrrita

Licensed as what? There are regulations in NYS for how certain businesses within the rental industry must handle consumer funds. If you can not find legal assistance locally, you need to gather all your documents and write a clean understandable complaint to the NYS Attorney General's Office They seem to take the regulations very seriously when it comes to rental application fees, deposits, and business practices.

This is good advice. Our State has a Consumer Fraud and Protection Office...part of the States Attorney offices. I've personally seen things happen immediately for some folks that I've advocated for, or those I referred. My contacts have always been by phone.