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Charge her an additional fee of $ 35 for delivering the 3 day. Deliver the notice ASAP, don't wait.>> raise the deposit money, to help cover the two weeks late, maybe an additional $500 --64.12.xxx.xx

I don't know what your laws are in MD. In Nevada if you are month to month you can be given 30 days notice for any reason. I'm not sure you can charge additional fees if it is not in your original contract. So it really depends on your laws and your level of comfort. If you are just tired of dealing with the late fees,pay and quit every month, then serve her notice if you are able. OR some may suggest giving her a different due date for her rent. Me: I would just get rid of her. Life is too short to deal with this every month. --74.45.xx.xxx

if VA if the tenant pays in court then the tenant stays. However, the 2nd time in a one year period the landlord can still get poss. even if the tenant pays. I would send notice on the 10th or whatever is the earliest you can. I would go to court instead of nonsuiting the case. That way it will show up on their background search for the next landlord. --198.119.xxx.xxx

I never understood the wisdom of a "flat rate" late fee where if the tenant is going to be late, it doesn't matter if they're 5 days or 25 days the fee is the same. I write my agreements at so much per day penalty from the first, which applies if paid after the fifth... --76.108.xxx.xxx

My late fee is $10 per day. A flat fee just doesn't seem to work. --66.17.xxx.xx

When the lease expires, change the terms of your late fee. Charge the maximum the state allows. Charge a fee for filing in court ($15 + your hassle). Charge a fee for serving the papers (Serving cost + your hassle). Make the costs so prohibitive that the tenant will want to pay on time. --66.240.xx.xxx

A lump sum AND a daily late fee AND cover the filing fee each month. I have renter that has been with me for seven years. Always pays but always late, did not go up on his rent but increased late fee and daily late fee. --98.92.xxx.xxx

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You just have to decide if you want to risk it. It can work out to your advantage. Pays well when it does, but can hurt a wallet when it doesn't. --96.225.xxx.xxx

Your mileage may vary. --141.129.x.xx

IF she pays with the fee and doesnt tear it up I would let her stay, and delay the cost of cleanup cleanout. --72.49.xxx.xx

File on the 10th not the 15th. My lease states that rent will be increased if payment is CONSISTENTLY paid late. Increase her rent $50 AND continue to charge that late fee and enjoy that extra $100 a month. --173.112.xx.xxx

If it really bothers you & you can afford to evict them & have the place empty again, serve them with the notice & evict them. --205.188.xxx.xx

Of course this does not mean that it will be enforced by the judge. While daily late fees can be charged, most judges look at them as excessive and view the landlord as greedy. --99.4.xxx.xxx

If it's a matter of when she gets paid . and she's ok otherwise I'd redo the date her rent is due. --69.155.xx.xxx

Cost me $100 each time I file... --173.25.x.xxx

I charge 10bux a day, it seems that this person can not afford this house if they can never get the money to flow near the first - if you have a smaller place for them let them move or let them go. --76.241.xxx.xxx

In Montgomery & Howard Co. you can file for eviction on the 2nd, you just can not collect a late fee until the 10th. Also the 4th time (in a 12 month period) they are late & you have filed (the 2nd of the month) you can file for eviction/posession, even if they pay the rent. --173.79.xx.xxx

My late fees are 5% for the first day late, 1% each day after. I wish they'd pay late. --66.228.xx.xx