to sue or not to sue???

[Shannon Trivett]

I have a tenant who is vacating by October 1 they are VERY behind on rent. I know I will get lot of the "should have acted sooner" advice but Iwas kind of hoping to hold onto this tenant. 

Anyway. All rent was paid on time till June 1 then it looks like this...

Charges	Payments
6/1/2014	June Rent	700
6/1/2014	Water - Due June 1	60.01
6/5/2014	Late Fee - June Rent	50
6/15/2014	Partial payment		300
7/1/2014	Rent Due	700
Water - Due July 1	63.73
7/5/2014	Late Fee - July Rent	50
7/12/2014	Partial payment		500
7/21/2014	Partial payment		400
8/1/2014	August Rent	700
Water - Due August 1	54.82
7/5/2014	Late fee – July	50
8/15/2014	Payment		400
8/22/2014	payment		300
Water used in July - Due Sept 1	83.99
9/1/2014	Sept Rent	700
9/2/2014	Payment		200
Water used in August - Estimated	62.98
9/5/2014	Late Payment Fee September	50
Current Balance Owed		1225.53

As you can see the tenant has done well stringing me along then paying enough to make me feel like I'll eventually get all my money from them.

in addition to the amount show above I will need to add water charges in the approximate amount of $65 once the utility co bills them.

I also have a $700 security deposit which I plan to charge $100 for a 3am service call when they flooded the unit,  then apply the remaining deposit to what they owe (assuming there is no damage to the unit). 

So after retaining the sec. deposit they will owe me $690.53 +/-

Should I go to the magistrate today?  Would you wait until the weekend when they will allegedly have some $$ for me?