He was going back with his wife.\u00a0 Try some counseling. Not moving in.<\/p>\n
The apartment was off the market for a week!\u00a0 I kept the deposit.\u00a0 Zack said I was a thief.\u00a0 I re-read him the application: \u201cIf the applicant is approved and makes a deposit \u2013- and then decides not to move into the apartment \u2013- the deposit will be forfeited.\u00a0 THE DEPOSIT WILL NOT BE RETURNED TO THE APPLICANT.\u201d<\/p>\n
Zack said,<\/strong><\/span> \u201cSee you in small claims court!\u201d\u00a0 Then he added, \u201cWait. I\u2019m taking the apartment! We\u2019re going to have a real<\/em> good relationship.\u00a0 Tell your building manager, I\u2019ll see him on Sunday with coffee and donuts!\u201d<\/p>\n Zack worked demo and was a hauler. He might rent the apartment just to trash it — to demo it.<\/p>\n Zack didn\u2019t show up Sunday. He called\u00a0a week later.\u00a0 He still wanted in.\u00a0 He said he would be there in two days. I figured there was a 10 percent chance he would show.<\/p>\n What<\/strong><\/span> if<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0 he did?<\/p>\n I called Zack back: \u201cI want to part ways.\u00a0 You go yours, I go mine. I\u2019ll give you your security deposit back.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cMan, I already have my truck packed!\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0think<\/span><\/strong> there\u2019s a lot of ill-will, and we should part ways.\u00a0 I’ll mail you the deposit.”<\/p>\n He said he wanted the deposit right now. \u201cThings are all awkward between my girlfriend and me.\u00a0 I need the money,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n \u201cYou can pick up the check from Rachel.\u00a0 She has bangs and is in her twenties,” I said. Rachel worked at the corner bakery. I didn’t<\/span> want to tangle with Zack.<\/p>\n A basic rule of landlording: Once you get \u2019em [troublemakers]\u00a0in, it\u2019s hard to get \u2019em out.<\/p>\n Maybe I played it too safe. I’ll never know.<\/p>\n —<\/p>\n The latest from Jack Stratton and his band Vulfpeck:<\/span><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.yiddishecup.com\/blog\/home\/yiddis6\/public_html\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/zach-the-wrecker1.jpg\" "\\"zach")
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