Tenant Not Paying Last Month Rent

[Jill Keller]

My tenant is not paying her last months rent. Her lease is set to expire in 2 weeks. I have sent and documented the 2 notices I sent her. She mostly avoids my calls/texts and then responds saying she will pay. She initiated the payment but it failed due to insufficient funds in her account - pretty sure this was an act to show she was paying to buy a few more days. She has since blocked my phone number so I can't reach her. Pretty sure she has no intention of paying. I do have her security deposit but I will have to pay some amount out of pocket because I'm pretty sure she's not going to clean the unit. I was wondering if there's anything I can do at this point or whether there's just a risk with this and I'm going to have to bear the loss? Is it worth it to pursue legal action? Is there anything I can do that is FREE but effective to get it on her record? Is it legal to contact her future property owner?