Please review this letter to tenant. I'd like to persuade her before eviction.

[Beenna Han]

A novice landlord in Baltimore city here. 

To make the long story short, my tenant on a month-to-month lease is not paying rent and refusing to communicate with me. I already sent this tenant a failure to pay rent notice (10-day notice) and vacate notice (60-day notice) yesterday. So basically I just started a process of eviction, but I just want to persuade the tenant to vacate immediately so that both of us don't have to go through eviction. The tenant is very young and kind of clueless person. I am very sure that the tenant even doesn't know what eviction is. So here's an email draft I like to send her. Experienced landlords, please review this letter and see whether it is appropriate, and most importantly, whether some part of the letter works against me (e.g., some expressions resets the 10-day countdown or something).

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Hi Tenant Name,

I wanted to reach out and let you know what your options are as of today, July 3, 2023. We really don’t want to have to legally evict you, but we will do this if you refuse to pay, cooperate, or engage with us. Legal eviction means you will be forcibly removed from the apartment by police and your possessions will be removed as well. This can also go on your permanent public record and once you have an eviction record, it will make it almost impossible for you to rent any place in the future when a landlord runs a background check. Moreover, court fees, attorney fees, outstanding rent, late fees, and all kinds of costs related to eviction will be charged on you, which can lead to debt collection and seize of your future wage and assets, including bank accounts, until they are fully paid.

It’s very unfortunate that you seems hostile to us. We want you to know we’re not angry with you and are willing to work out some kind of solution that’s better for everyone before eviction happens. Unfortunately, the solution cannot be just sitting on the property while refusing to communicate with us like you do now. That only makes your legal and financial situation worse and does not do anything for stopping your impending eviction.

We suggest the best option: if you simply move out today (07/03/2023), take your possession, and leave the place in decent condition, we will not pursue charging you for the $1,200 July 2023 rent and discontinue the eviction process. This is our courtesy to give you an exit before eviction happens. We can even help you with details of your moving out (e.g., find you storage for your furniture, help you packing and moving stuff, etc.). However, if you continue to barricade yourself in the apartment and refuse to pay or move out or speak to us, we will go through with eviction proceedings. To any tenant, eviction is extremely stressful and damaging. 

[Russell Brazil]

Do not do this. File eviction and follow the law.