Bizarre Tenant Behavior With Rent Payments

[Gordon Barbay]

I have a SFH in Indianapolis. For the last three years now, the tenant has been acting in what I consider to be a strange fashion concerning the rent.

One or two times a year, the tenant fails to pay their rent and, after the usual hoop jumping, we file eviction papers.  Then, usually within a week or so of the court date, they come up with all the back rent, late fees, and eviction fees, and so we let them off the hook.  

If this happened once or maybe even twice, I could see, but it seems to be happening on a regular basis.  I just cannot get my mind around such behavior.  If they can afford to get the money  when facing eviction, why not just pay the rent on time?  It would be less stressful for everyone, and cheaper for the tenant. 

Anybody else run into this?