Tenant asked me to pay her first month rent to move out

[Carmen Assang]

I served my tenant a notice to quit and she is very upset and sent me a nasty text said I humiliated her in front of her kids and neighbors…. She already owed me $4300.  She pretty much refuses to move in 14 days unless i pay for her first month rent.  What are my options?  Massachusetts is not the easiest to evict and the process can be long.  

[JD Martin]

How many months rent is $4300? The eviction process should have already started unless monthly rent is $4300. 

Without knowing how long your process takes in your state, the best I would do would be to offer to loan her the money at some interest rate, and still follow through on collecting everything she owes. Assuming that's cheaper than going through the eviction process. 

As far as her being humiliated in front of her kids, well she should get it together and pay her rent, and her kids should understand that when you don't pay rent as agreed you get kicked out of your rented house. It's a good learning lesson for all of them.