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1. Don Romano (alt) (thor@noagendasocial.com)'s status on Monday, 06-May-2019 10:37:34 EDT Don Romano (alt)

   So, because I couldn't pay rent for a month last year, I agreed to let the landlord withdraw one month's rent from my security deposit.

   Right after that, he asked me how quickly I can pay it back.

   He's a sneaky bastard. He said nothing about this before, and now he simply expects it to happen. This way, I must either agree to it, or start an argument about it.

   The deposit is mine. I'm legally obliged to pay it back, but no law prevents him from exerting such pressure.

   1. Don Romano (alt) (thor@noagendasocial.com)'s status on Monday, 06-May-2019 10:42:05 EDT Don Romano (alt)

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      I'm trying to think of how I can turn the tables on him. I know he doesn't want me to move. He and the residents need my IT services from time to time, and I've also notified him of water leaks and other problems in the building.

      An aggressive approach would be to suggest that I could just move out, but I want to be more clever than that. I want to contradict him in a way that sounds completely innocuous.