Best to avoid Island Realty. We rented from them for one year and were assured that if we left the house in good condition we would receive the full security deposit. We found out from the neighbors--too late, alas--that every tenant in that house had been swindled out of their security deposit by Island Realty. They'll tell you what you need to do to get the security deposit back, but once you've moved out, they claim they have 30 days to do as many inspections as they want and find as many problems as they want. They won't give you a chance to respond or to fix anything. Eventually you'll get a tiny check with the remainder of the deposit--maybe 50 bucks, maybe 100 bucks--and they've spent the rest on various upgrades that weren't in the contrast. Of course they assume that it's not a large enough amount for people to hire a lawyer, and most people just drop it and walk away. Island Realty is a pro at this sort of scheme. If you do any business with these guys, remember to take pictures of everything, get everything in writing, and save any correspondence. They also have a habit of losing the check-in sheet so that they have no record of what wasn't working when you moved in. Beware!
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