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If one of your tenants has defaulted on its lease or damaged its space, you know the importance of having both a security deposit amount large enough to cover expensive problems and a clause in the lease that will protect you from having to spend your own money rectifying them. But be prepared for a tough negotiation—especially in this economy, when many tenants have a hard time coming up with the cash for a deposit and fear that they will lose it if they have to go dark.