<prompt> Human: This has just been a nightmare from day 1 and any advice would be greatly appreciated. Im ready to get my head out of the sand on this. Ill probably cross post to rlegaladvice but wanted to see what I can do from a PF standpoint too. State of Florida if that matters.In December 2015, I was wrongfully evicted after a security guard at the apartment complex started harassing me and we got into a verbal altercation. He claimed I hit him, which I obviously didnt, but I was arrested anyway. Charges were dropped because I didnt hit him, it was just a shouting match and I ended up incurring additional costs for legal representation felony charges. When I posted bail and went back home I found a note on my door that I had 1 week to move out or Id be evicted because of the battery. Ive never been in any sort of trouble before, so I freaked out, got all of my stuff together, scrubbed the apartment clean, took photos, and left the keys on the table. I was too embarrassed at that point to even do a walk-through which I now understand was a huge mistake. So I moved out, nothing happened for a while and I did not request my security deposit back or anything. I then got a letter from the apartment demanding 1500 in damages. I had an attorney friend who has since retired draft up a letter just asking for a justification for the charges hoping they wouldnt be bothered.They came back with photos of a damaged apartment with stains and cabinet damage that were not consistent with how Id left the place, and stated that the keys were gone I left them on the counter, and it just seemed really fishy. I asked my attorney friend to write a follow up letter and he asked for specific labor records, receipts, etc to prove damages but they never responded so I thought theyd just drop it. Again, mistake.I drive past my apartment almost daily on my way to work for the next few months before moving again and notice that its vacant. Like, hasnt been touched, not being rented or made ready to rent out. The blinds are still in the exact same position, etc. I was afraid they were just going to eat up my lease and charge me for rent without even trying to get it ready. They didnt do anything to try to re-rent it for 4 months. I had my girlfriend call asking if they had any units available to rent and they said no! Even though my unit was vacant. On month 6 one month before my lease was originally up it was reoccupied. About a year after I moved out, I got a collections mark on my credit report for 7600. I can only assume they tacked on rent and bogus charges but they never responded to my attorney friends second letter.He has since retired and I no longer have the photos on my phone of the apartment phone got damaged before I backed them up. Another mistake. I couldnt afford to pay 1500. I already had to pay 2500 for legal representation for the bogus charges. I certainly cant afford 7600. I dont know what to do so Ive been avoiding it. Im ready to try to fix this but I dont know how. Any advice is greatly appreciated.  <response>: I think youre probably going to need an attorney on this one. Sorry, man. 