Five questions regarding Florida Residential Lease Law:

1) Under what circumstances in the state of Florida is the residential landlord permitted to keep a security deposit? Property was left in "broom clean" condition with no damages beyond normal wear and tear.

2) A formal "walk through" inspection was not performed when the property was leased. The landlord is now demanding an "exit" walk through inspection. Should his representative for this action be neutral to both parties?

3) Original Lease Agreement lists the tenants as "owners", and the owner as "tenant". Does this render the lease as a void document? A technicality may be the only saving grace for the Tenant.

4) Is it legal in Florida to require tenant to post date ten rent checks?

5) What responsibility does the Landlord have toward safekeeping of the Security Deposit?

Thanks for your input. My son completed a one year lease agreement, and is now being verbally threatened by the landlord on return of his security deposit. Landlord agreed to last months rent being exchanged with security deposit. VERBALLY. Now Landlord is demanding the rent before returning security deposit. Equal amounts. Yes, written trumps verbal.

The Lease is a standard Florida form found online.