Getting deposit back from out of country landlord

By helpme

Our Landlord is living in India. He does not use a property manager here in the US. I have been responsible for taking care of all the maintenance, repairs and financing of repairs until the next month in which then I take it out of the rent. The house is getting to the point of being 20 years old and basic things need to be fixed such as plumbing, frigerator, flooring, water heater, etc. There are also some dangerous issues that need to be taken care of like the deck is rotting, the rail on the front porch is ready to fall off, and the fence is rotten and falling apart. We are just renting month to month. I am tired of having to take care of all these fixes and paying for them out of my pocket, some being very expensive. On top of that we are paying rent which would be considered at the top of the rental scale for our area. I have asked our landlord to get a property manager or lower the rent so that I can be compensated for all the time I am spending this house. He will not respond. So my husband and I have found a different house with rent that is a $1000 less per month.  I am being total by the people in the neighborhood not to pay the last months rent because I will not get my deposit back from our landlord. My understanding is that since he is in India, I have no legal recourse to get my deposit back. The house is in better condition that when we moved in just because my husband and I did a ton of yard work clearing away weed and thistles knee high and patching tons of holes in the house and repainting all of which we paid for out of our pocket because he would not help with any of it.

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