Security Deposit Recovery Battle
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Sam Parr shares a story about recovering a large security deposit from an unresponsive landlord.
"I had a $16,000 deposit for our office. When COVID hit, our office lease happened to end right around then, so we got lucky and canceled it. But this guy would not give me the $16,000 back.
I got crazy on him. I found out where he lived and showed up at his house - he wasn't there. I found out where he worked and showed up there - he wasn't there. Then I used DoNotPay to send him a scary letter.
Finally he got back to me saying 'Oh yeah, just slipped my mind' like it was no big deal. I was like 'Dude, I've been hunting you for 6 weeks, where's this money?'
The scary letter worked and I got my $16,000 back. Though legally you're supposed to get the deposit plus interest, which I didn't get. I thought about fighting over this just out of principle because I love petty stuff."
Sam Parr
Host of MFM and fitness influencer
Sam Parr is a serial entrepreneur and business media pioneer.
In 2016, he founded The Hustle, a business news media company that started in his kitchen with just $12 and grew to eight figures in revenue.
Sam led the charge in making newsletters popular when few believed in their potential.
After four successful years, he sold The Hustle to HubSpot, a publicly traded company. Now operating as HubSpot Media, The Hustle reaches 3 million readers daily, employs a team of nearly 100, and has been the launchpad for dozens of its staff to found their own media companies and newsletters.
Sam remains the host of the popular business podcast, My First Million, and continues to start and sell companies. He also co-founded Hampton, a highly vetted community for entrepreneurs, founders, and CEOs, and teaches people to write better through his platform, Copy That.