What a splendid little example of calling someone's bluff. This landlord was completely unhelpful and thought their threat would let them illegally keep their tenant's security deposit. After getting caught lying in court, this tenant had their ex-landlord eating their stupid words. People sometimes win against their landlords, like this guy who got contractual revenge on his landlord or this person who staged a coup d'etat on their terrible landlord.
It's funny, sometimes it seems like the most ignorant people are also the most prone to completely unwarranted power trips. This lady for instance, "took over" the manager position and proceeded to let her ego swell to such nauseating levels that she ended up costing her company thousands, while being blind to the very destruction that she caused. Fortunately, she was outed for her antics by an employee who was ready to take the pro revenge when the opportunity presented itself.
Oh boy, this tenant literally didn't give up until the slimy landlord saw life as they knew it upended. This just goes to show that knowing your tenant rights can be an absolute game-changer when it comes to dealing with landlords that are trying to pull a fast one on you. Unfortunately, that's not all too of an uncommon occurrence. For more juicy landlord drama check out the time a landlord refused to fix some broken windows, and then it ended up costing him thousands of dollars.
This landlord thought they'd just go and keep another unprepared tenant's security deposit. Apparently, mean landlord's tactic was to just hire a lawyer, and then proceed to bump up tenant's claim to a higher court. Unfortunately, this strategy proved successful for them for far too long. Fortunately, we've got this petty revenge success story from a tenant who beat them at their own game.
Check out some more juicy landlord drama with this landlord who was jealous of a tenant's income, raised the rent, and proceeded to get rightfully defeated.