July rent not paid

[Yvette M.]

I posted on another LL and would like to get y'alls thoughts on the situation:

I'm on a merry-go with a POS tenant. I terminated contract with PM. All tenants were by PM notified that I would be self-managing beginning July 1st. I sent my own letter to tenants stating the new payments arrangements. Tenant sends her check to the PM just to irritate me. PM emails me and asks if I want him to deposit in my account. Check is made payable to him.

What would you do? Have PM return check to tenant and continue with PQ? Or let PM deposit in my account?

There is a rough backstory  -- tenant has been a PITA since day ONE and her attitude and behavior are continuing to escalate.  She has a year lease, otherwise she would have been gone long ago.  

Let me just insert here that she is an attorney.  I was showing a vacant unit and as prospects passed by she warned them not to rent from me, I was liar, etc (if I'm all those things then why are you still here?). Lately when I go to the property, she stalks me and takes pictures of me until I leave.  I have called the police twice because of her ugly actions.   Police were called a third time because she got into a verbal fight with her boyfriend -- haven't seen him since.  The list goes on ...