I was gonna say that in my experience the "security deposit" should just be considered money spent. Generally, if my landlords could find any reason to, they'd keep the whole thing. If they couldn't, they'd make one up.

I had A landlord who was pretty chill, most apartments in the area had monthly or 2-weekly cleaning checks, but we only had one in the several years I lived there. We went above and beyond to show our appreciation for the relative lenience

We came back after the cleaning check, and the kitchen floor was covered in a sticky film. Then we got a cleaning fee charge. Turns out, the landlord hired someone to do the cleaning check, and offered to pay the same person to clean the apartment if we failed. So they inspected a spotless apartment, told the landlord we failed, mopped the floor with undiluted Fabulouso, and called it a day

Our landlord refunded the cleaning fee, but if they hadn't I doubt there's anything we could have done.

I’m just giving a helpful warning. If you have a plan that will work, I think you have a duty to enact it.

My cat costs me $30 per month in pet rent. And she still has the gall to lay around and complain like she pays the rent.

You also have to prove you make 2x rent, sometimes 3x rent in order to actually qualify for an apartment (alot of us create fake paystubs for this) :)

We also will have a deposit that is usually 2-3x rent that we are supposed to get back when we move out. However every time this happens the landlords conveniently find damage to the property that didn't exist the day you moved out so you don't ever get that money back (or if you do, you only get 25-50% of it). :)

At the place I just moved out of, there was a roach infestation that the landlords refused to hire a pro to take care of that got entirely out of hand. They are holding my deposit for this. :)

You also aren't allowed to have anyone stay over longer than 3 days if they aren't on the lease without prior approval from the landlord. :)

Edit: Sometimes people have to get renters insurance too. :)

Not a joke. I suspect the creation of pet rent contributed to the dilution of the concept of service animals (people insisting that Rex the psychotic chihuahua is an emotional support animal).

More apartments in the US have it than not nowadays. It's anywhere from 50-100 a month.

These guys are saying $50-100 but I have seen $200 per month on a $1800 per month apartment. It's no joke.

The real fun is having to pay extra on an application because you have a pet, then getting to pay an additional pet rent monthly. Also it's sometimes per pet, literally trying to treat them like bonus tenants.

Americans are fine with it. Extremely comfortable.

If they weren’t, they would do something about it.

Yeah my cat is $50/mo….

Well, there's a philosophical point that's worthy of exploring.

Is human activity, including manipulation, a result of nature or in conflict with it?