Tenant Voluntarily Leaves Property

[Gardy Saturne]

I'm in the process of evicting one of my tenants in cleveland. They are behind 7 months in rent. They voluntarily agreed to move out this friday. We plan to meet at the property, walk through the unit and have them turn over they keys. This lease that is in place is Month-2-Month. Assuming things go as planned: they still move out voluntarily, don't leave any personal belongings behind, and there's no major damage to the unit ... I shouldn't have anything to worry about.

So I'm thinking about just creating an addenum saying they are moving out, forfeiting deposit, etc .. is there anything else I should be worried about it ? If I don't lawfully evict a tenant in ohio .. is it possible for them to come back and try to sue the landlord ?

[Theresa Harris]

Just put it in writing.  So when you are there explain to them that you want to put it in writing that they returned the keys and have moved out.  Write it that any items that remain are abandoned, so you can dispose of them.  Check your local laws to see when you need to send them written notice about their deposit. While they are 7 months behind in rent, the deposit will all go to that, you still want to itemize the money owed and put it in writing, so you don't have problems later on.