Legal Question in Real Estate Law in Maryland

Your tenant is in violation of the lease and is therefore subject to eviction. Unfortunately, she probably knows that it takes long enough to complete an eviction that her lease will be up by then. If you do file an eviction action in landlord-tenant court and get a judgment against her, that will be picked up by the credit bureaus and will harm her credit score. If you think she cares about that you should file it, asking for the unpaid rent and any late charges, and try to have her personally served (as opposed to having the court papers posted on the property which is usually what the sheriff does) so you can get a money judgment as well as possession. Best case scenario is she's taken good enough care of the property that it won't require more than normal between-tenant upkeep and you'll come out OK except for the cash flow aspect. Perhaps an immediate inspection would be in order to assuage your concerns, not that damage couldn't occur during a move out.