From December $15,2017$ through December $14,2019,$ Jessica Brown and her family leased a house in Maryland owned by Brokers Realty, Inc. $($Brokers$).$ Under the terms of the written lease, the Brown family paid a $$3000$ security deposit and $$1000$ per month in rent. As required by the lease, Jessica Brown notified Brokers $60$ days prior to the end of the lease term that her family would not renew their lease, and the Brown family vacated the house on December $14,2019.$

On January $2,2020,$ Brown and Jenny Meyer, one of the owners of Brokers, inspected the house for damage and agreed that $$500$ would be deducted from the security deposit for several minor damages. Meyer promised to send Brown an itemized list of the damaged property and return the remaining $$2500$ within a week.$$

As of February $15,2020,$ Brown had received neither an itemized list of damages nor the $$2500.$ From early January until mid$-$February $2020,$ Brown repeatedly called and sent letters to Brokers about this matter.$$

Brown notified Brokers that she is considering legal action. Brown believes that because she was not given an itemized list of damages and given the delay in returning the deposit, her family is entitled to return of the full $$3000$ damage deposit and any associated legal fees if she must take legal action to get the deposit back.$$