Tenant does not pay rent. What incentive should I offer?

[Oleg Serdyuk]

Tenant in Ohio does not pay already for 3 months. 

Before pandemic this tenant also was late with payments, so on my opinion most likely she is taking advantage of the situation. 

Debt amount already is almost $5K. 

Tenant could not provide any proof of pandemic related financial issues. 

I tried to give tenant like 10% discounts and things like that. But nothing worked. 

Should I forgive her 1 month of rent and see if this will help? Or this is too much?

Any advice appreciated. 

Thank you 

[Rochelle Thea Fabrizio]

@Oleg Serdyuk I agree with @Marc Winter. They DO NOT deserve a cookie for anything. Nobody should be incentivized to do their basic required task, which in this case, is pay for their housing like the rest of us adults. You need to get them out ASAP. This has become a norm for them and will continue to be so until you take action. Occasionally, you will find a tenant that will begin to do the right thing if you start to take action and move towards the process of eviction. But likely she will just leave, not pay you a dime, and move on to the next unfortunate landlord. If at all possible report this to a credit agency so she will have some consequence and other landlords can take note and hopefully save themselves a headache. Best of luck!