Thanks for the reply. That's a simple solution that I hadn't actually considered, mostly because I don't have much experience with negotiating. I assumed that there wasn't much room for negotiation, since they required me to give them the check. Contacting them and discussing it definitely seems...
This is a long question, but the gist is: What are the implications if I stop payment on a check I was required to give to my property managers to replace the carpet? Here's background information:
I lived in an apartment in Davis, Ca for three years and recently found a new tenant to assume...