Landlord Security Deposit

I live in Las Vegas, NV. I rented a house with a one year lease. My mom and daughters were sharing the expenses with me. Needless to say my Mom moved out and my daughters both got married and moved out leaving me with a 4 bedroom house and too much rent to pay. I was very honest with the rental agent and explained the situation. I offered to show the home to prospective tenants. I gave them a more than 30 day notice that I had to move out as I could not afford the rent and utilities. I showed the house to numerous prospective tenants many of whom showed up without any notice. Upon moving out I shampooed all the carpets and cleaned the home from top to bottom. I turned in the keys early to the rental agent. I obviously expected to forfeit all of the security deposit against rent for the month of May as the house was not rented. I recieved a letter from the rental agent that I had forfeited my security due to the fact that I broke the lease. But that they were not applying it against the rent, they were just keeping it due to the fact that I broke the lease. They are charging me for a full month's rent for May, plus all of the charges for advertising the home, plus for pool service for the house for the month of April and May. I paid the April pool service with the April rent. Also, I had a fire in the fuse box while living there and called in the city code inspector. He ordered the rental agent to have an electrician come to check out the wiring. Now the rental agent is trying to charge me for the electrician saying that I called in order to try to break my lease. I called because the fuse box caught on fire and I have 3 witnesses to this. I have no problem knowing that my deposit is being applied to May rent. Does my rental agent have the right to charge me for the advertising, utilities on the house until it is rerented and for May rent? Do they have the right to just forfeit my deposit and not apply it to recovery of any loss on their part?
Thank you.

A lease is a contract for a certain length of time namely ONE YEAR....

You owe rent for that whole year or until someone else signs a lease.

YOU will owe for advertising and mays rent.

The landlord must make a good faith effort to rerent, it looks like they have so you are stuck with the bills.

Maybe you shouldnt have spent so much on both daughters weddings....then you could pay the rent.

PS......you should have read the lease before you vacated the property, it probably tells you that you will lose your security as a penalty for Breaking the lease....., and you should know from NOW ON that..you CANNOT apply the security deposit for rent.....UNLESS THE LANDLORD APPROVES!!!!

SO you didnt read the lease...oh well!

[FarmerJ]

Review the lease and see what it has to say about unpaid rent and deposit some leases make provision for unpaid rent to come from deposits . Also find your recpt for the pool charges for april also call the city and ask if you can pick up a copy of the inspection orders pertaining to the electrical problem . and as far as Utilitys go for the time the unit is empty NO get them out of your name . The electrical problem is managements not yours . Do make preparations with documents your old lease , Inspectors report , and any written communications from the landlord and keep those things all together incase they file a civil suit for any additional money over and above the deposit . also did you by chance take pictures of the unit the last day you were there when you were all done cleaning ? If you did put them with the other documents . last no more oral communication with the landlord use written letters instead keep copys for self , send letters where you get a confirmed delivery .