Dealing with tenants who don't want to pay last month's rent.

[Mike Franco]

I've read about them. and I'm dealing with them.

They think they can just use their security deposit as last month's rent, leaving the landlord holding nothing to cover damages.

Do tenants really have the upper hand here? If you file an eviction, and they move out 30 days later, you can't put a bad mark on their record?

I would like to find a way to let future landlords know these guys are last-month-deadbeats.

There are tenants out there who gloat about doing this to landlords.