Even through the court system it is hard to collect from someone who doesn't have any money.I would make sure you get a good deposit up front. 

I do not know the specifics of Pennsylvania law but generally, even if you win the eviction suit (which gives you possession), you would have to take the tenant to small claims court to get the judgement amount anyway.

However, as it currently stands, if you get tripped up on the security deposit, you then have to pay court fees and attorney fees on top of the fine and measly interest.

If you make it to court then the judge will also want you to potentially negotiate out an agreement, and if that doesn’t work then you’ll go to trial where the ruling doesn’t always go to the landlord.

Know that a written appeal to the county board of review is a prerequisite to making any further appeals with the State Property Tax Appeal Board or the county circuit court.If you have tried to appeal to your county board of review and are still not in agreement with their assessment of your property, you can file a written appeal of this decision to the State Property Tax Board or file a tax objection in the circuit court for your county.

In the event you can't, there are indeed a number of strategies you can use to avoid a lawsuit and/or to avoid a messy departure.In 22 years, with 17 residential rental units, we've only had to file for unlawful detainer and court ordered eviction three times.

We must let the courts do their job. 

Account Closed thank you for the replyI am a non-immigrant on work visa and trying to find out if there is a way to solve this without getting into legal matters (not trying to gain sympathy, don't know if it affects my work permit renewal, but just trying to stay away from such issues)asked the manager to reduce these additional charges (since the apartment is benefitting from what I pay and he said, "we already gave you 10% discount of what a laminate would have costed")if I said yes to granite and terminated the lease next day, its two months notice and the increase in rent after granite tops install is IIRC 110 per month; I am ready to pay the $220 as additional charges but the manager just ignored...I strongly believe its unfair but I am worried taking it up legally, is court my only option?

Looking over the court docs and scanning through Facebook to get a feel for things, I have a feeling the daughter got them into the eviction mess. 

it has become a court case for security deposit, can I go after her for early termination since nothing was in formal writing or signed?