[MD] My tenant is at worst mentally ill, at best abusive.

[Carolina P.]

I have a difficult tenant who has been a nightmare from the start. He seems to have mood swings and I had to stop him from making small repairs a bigger deal that they are. I know for a fact he called the county to try to place a complaint against me because a neighbor would smoke. The county told him there is nothing they can do as it is not illegal to smoke in your condo. After that he said "you will pay" to me and threatened to sue me due to my neighbor smoking. He also told them he wanted out of the lease.  Anyway, he became verbally abusive towards me and I advised him to stop. He first claimed the fridge was not working and I did replace it. Things were good for a while until Saturday. He called and say the washer is not working. At this point he has been at the unit for almost a month and he claims he never did ONE load since he moved. I sent a technician to check on the machine (I lived at the unit and the washer machine was at most 2 years old when he moved in). The technician said the machine was overload and the motor was damaged.

At this point, I want him out. I told him I was going to the county for them to investigate what happened to my washer. I also told him the repairs will come out his security deposit and if he does not agree we can go to court. He said to go ahead to take the money out of his deposit. I called the county regardless and it appears that given that he did pay for the repair he is not on breach of lease (being that he paying would be the resolution to the breach of breaking my appliance).

I also told him he does not seem to be happy in my unit and if he wants out, he can pay a penalty and leave.

I just replaced the fridge and all other appliances are in good condition and I am afraid he will destroy them. I want him to leave but at this point I would have to pay him to leave. Any advice?