Dear Jennifer:

I have received your Lists #1 & 2 of expenses you plan to deduct from your rent.

You may deduct the cost of the refrigerator & stove light bulbs, the oven cleaner if the oven was dirty when you moved in, and the keys and the padlock, provided that you return the padlock and its keys to me when you leave.

I will not pay for the other expenses, because I do not believe that they could be normally considered a landlord’s responsibility.

I think you have badly misunderstood me when I said you could make small purchases and deduct them from the rent if I was responsible for them. In the future, before you buy anything that you plan to deduct from your rent, I think you should call me first and get my O.K.

- Ryan