landlord vs tenant

recently my boyfriend and i moved out of a home he was renting from a "land lord" the "document" that my boyfriend signed was done on a legal note pad (mind you this a mortgage company that did this) it simply stated the terms of the agreement and the amount of rent. nothing more nothing less. when we decided to move because we knew we had to be out before sept. 30 2007 or we would have to sign another year long agreement, we left. my boyfriend numourus times tried to contact the "land lord" and got nothing back. so we moved. then 5 days after we were out and after many many phone calls and e-mails and left messages our "land lord" called playing dumb to the fact we had moved. now with the contract coming into play we asked to see it. it took three days for the request to be processed and at that when we recieved the "contract" it had been altered without notification to fit the situation at hand. the "land lord" is also trying to get upwards of $5000 from my boyfriend for general wear and tear of the house and for property damage that was already there before we moved in and for damages that he himself the land lord should have fixed (i.e a fallen over fence due to the fact it had rotted out of its orginal post and fell over). he is trying to do all of this knowing my boyfriend did not put a deposit down (the land lord didnt ask for one)and that the "contract / document" truly stated the first time before it was altered that he was only liable for the rent and the keep of the house during occupency.my boyfriend was even going to pro rate the rent himeself for $450 (which was not stated in the contract that if we moved the rent would be prorated for the time there) nothing about a 30 day notice nothing about a deposit and nothing saying that he would pay for all the damages done to the house while occupied (that was added the to contract after the fact with out notification and consent from my boyfriend) now that we are out of the house long before the lease was up he is trying to hit us with a 3 day pay or get notice and money for "damages" (the house was trash when my boyfriend moved in the "land lord" didnt do anything to up keep it himself)my boyfriend has even tried to call and say that he would go over and finish "cleaning" what was left and said he would make a trash run to the city dump to remove any "bulk trash" items that we left behind. i guess my question is does this"land lord" have a leg to stand? should we be sarting to look for a lawyer? or do we even need to worry? please let me know.
signed: pissed off and annoyed ex-tenant

[OHlandlord]

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