Tenant went bad after I gave good reference.

[Lynette Johnson]

Told tenant 60 days prior to lease end that I would not be renewing. I have family that I want to put in the apartment. Never had an issue with the tenant at that point. I bought the property eight months ago and inherited tenant.  She found a new place, new landlord calls for a reference and I gave a good one. He's happy and she signs lease with him. As I am getting ducks in a row for her move out the bank calls to say they inadvertently gave her access to the escrow account. We happen to have the same bank. She had transferred all the security deposit to her account. They seize funds from her account and transfer back to escrow. Supposedly fix access issue. I don't even bother to confront her about this. She does this once again, problem was not fixed, and I just have funds transferred to my account as I am about to do inspection and settle up with her. House is not left in good condition. Everything filthy, water damaged window sills, carpet is pretty trashed from pet stains. Fuel is not left at original level. She thinks she deserves full deposit minus fuel, ha. I feel badly that I gave her a good reference when in fact she turned out to be a nightmare but only at the end. She didn't party or do anything to alert me that she would be trouble. This is a small town. Would anyone call the current landlord to give him a heads up or just let it go?