In process of eviction and another tenant wants to break lease

[Tom Kaz]

Morning BP,

Im kinda in a jam right now and looking for some advice. Im currently in the process of evicting a tenant in 1 of my units who refuses to pay rent on time and keeps lying to me about EVERYTHING. This is taking place in cook county Illinois so the process could be rather long. I have served her the 5 day notice to quit and have also filed a complaint and summons. 

On the other hand i just got a call from my other tenants in the building who stated they will be closing on a house 3/27. There lease is up in June of this year and they have requested to end the lease early. I would be all for it since its pretty close to the end of their lease but im in a jam with this eviction and would be hustling to get this unit ready along with trying to get the devil out of my other unit during this eviction. I dont have an early termination clause in my lease, what would you do in my situation?

I dont want to be the bad guy, but in this current situation i want to recoup as much as i can until i have the other tenant evicted. Should i give them the option to pay 2 months worth of rent and let them slide for June? Or state that they need to pay the rent until i can get the unit filled? I have seen other posts were people have kept the security deposit as well, but it seems like a gray area (ask for 2 months rent to cover April/may and request to keep the security deposit for June/clean-up?)

Any thoughts? This is my first eviction and early lease termination... what a drag! 

Thanks,