Roommate Troubles (very long, but in digestible pieces!)

[JordanIB]

We have 1 months rents as security. To appease him and be reasonable, I have told him that I will give him his check back in full as long as everything's in order when leaves. (Rather that being a dick and telling him to give me an address to mail it to with necessary deductions in the standard 4-6 weeks).

Since the locking-of-the-door incident, I have considered refusing to return his deposit, because he has not allowed me to rent out the apartment for the month of March (which is probably a lie...I'll find someone).

He will be demanding the check, however, when he leaves, and probably will not leave without check in hand.

My line?

(And just so you know from my perspective, this is something that I really don't want to do. I am trying to avoid drastic moves. At worst, if I can't rent the apt. in March, it's a $400 hit per person for my roommate and I. I'm more than willing to take that write-off to have this [censored] out of my life.)