I have a final check and move out procedure with my landlord in a few days. Any recommendations on what I should do beforehand?

After about 4 long years in Japan, I’m returning to America in about a week 🥲. This is my first time having my own apartment, I’m used to living with other people and not even being on the lease (I do pay my fair share!).

Anyway, I have an appointment with my landlord in a few days where they will be looking for damages/problems and I will then hand them the keys, ending the contract. This contract does not have a security deposit so I’m not going to lie, I’m quite worried.

I took a good amount of pictures of the overall interior of the apartment before moving in. I have some pictures of minuscule scratches on the floor/wall, and some discoloration here and there. I gave my landlord a form describing these prior damages on the first day I moved in.

I’ve been in this apartment for about 1 year and a half. And maybe I have one or two dings/scratches on the floor but not noticeable unless you look real carefully. I have one problem where I scratched the kitchen floor (half a centimeter if that) and some of the flooring peeled off but I pushed it in so it’s not THAT noticeable. I tried using those flooring crayons at daiso but it made it look even worse, so I cleaned that off and just left it as is, pushed in as far I can put it.

So anyone have any recommendations what I should do? I’m scared they are going to overcharge me for the half centimeter scratch on the floor or straight up scam me. If they try to scam me, I don’t want to pay as I’m returning to America a few days after, but at the same time I don’t want to break any laws or be put on a blacklist for when(if?) I come back…

Any tips would be greatly appreciated!