as a realtor and a landlord therea re special rules that apply. you will have to abide by the landlord/tenant act for florida.
you will need to send them a certified letter explaining why you are keeping the funds within a certain amount of days, I believe 30, and they get to respond to your letter of demand within a certain number of days. Then the funds have to be returned to them within a certain time frame, ext....
there are lots of rules. get on the tenant/landlord site for the state of florida. If you don't follow the procedures, you are not entitled to keep there money.
the state of florida explains what they consider damages and such. google it and good luck....
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