[Landlord US-Oh] tenant moved out of the house with 15 days left and 2 months unpaid rent.
Our tenant occupied a SFH in a nice neighborhood, a recently divorced single mom who wanted her kids to stay close to her dad and was struggling financially.
During the course of 3 years, she has stayed with us, we have not collected late fees for all the months she had paid laid. We even moved the payment date to 15th to work around her job's pay date.
She has been 1 month late for the last 1 year and we have been giving her the benefit of doubt given that she is a single mom of 3 and struggling financially.
Her lease is set to end this month, and she was supposed to catch up her payment before she leaves.
However, we scheduled a walkthrough of the house before they leave only to find out that she has vacated the house, with the keys in the kitchen.
There is no communication from her, nor has she provided a forwarding address. If she wanted to work with us to schedule a 12-month payoff, we would have worked with her. But she decides to take advantage of our goodwill and being accommodating of her financial struggles.
Now I have no recourse in collecting the 2 months' rent, $3600 and half the deposit will be lost in fixing the house to lease again.
What have you all done in this scenario? Any guidance is appreciated.