Past due rent before current rent?

[Gary Smith]

Do you apply a rent payment to past due rent before applying it to cyrrent rent?

[Annette Hibbler]

I live and work in Michigan. We manage properties here. So, in answer to your question... Past due rent must be satisfied first. Therefore, your tenant's rent payment must be applied to Feb rent plus the late payment. If she doesn't want to incur another late payment, then she has to cough up March's rent as well. She can't pick and choose which month her rent payment is applied to.