I Don't Understand why I Don't get my Deposit Back???

Zach and I have wrapped up a few days of cleaning an apartment (where a tenant recently moved out).  To say that the place was left in bad shape would be an understatement. We hauled out at least 6 bags of trash and had to paint everything.  Sarah got in a few work hours too! Her painting skills were much needed.

If you've never owned rentals, it would be hard for you to understand the amount of damage that can be done to your once nice place and the amount of personal belongings and trash that people leave. Sure, you can take a deposit from someone, but that usually doesn't cover the cost of fixing everything.

In this place, every wall had been colored or painted on, the carpets were destroyed, clothes, medicine and beds were left, there were holes in walls, and the doors were destroyed.  I could go on....

Can someone tell me how you get crayon all over the inside of the fridge?  What exactly happened?  Did they lock their kid in there with a crayon for timeout?

Also, has anyone ever had to replace a fan because the blades were broke off from a kid jumping rope in the house?   Who lets their kid jump rope in a room with an 8' ceiling and  fan overhead?

On a "high" note.....I should thank the prior tenant for leaving half a joint in the freezer.  Does anyone know why you would keep your stash in the freezer?  Maybe because it's so close to the munchies???