Gave tenant a late rent notice and he gave me an epoc rant, help

[James Smith]

I recently rented out some rooms in my house. There has been one tenant that has been giving me problems. His been late on his rent multiple times, clogged the toilet, and spilled motor oil in my driveway.

He was just late again, and this time I gave him a late rent notice. He just sent me an epic rant. This is how I would like to respond, and I would like some help in figuring this out.

I see this is how you feel. I feel like we have 2 options.

1. Like you said, we coexist, and I will not bother though as long as the rent is paid on time till the the end of the lease.

2. We work out an agreement where we end the lease early at the end of August. During this this, I will be showing your room to perspective tenants, so please keep the room clean as you have been doing.

Here are the links to a summary of what has happened and screenshot of the rant.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1hPq46GOgmBv16UbG2UKAxAHKMKMR04wXh-mF3Gx0r6U/edit?usp=drivesdk

https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=1MKpUGiNdCqAYmKuQG-sMsnObEJqm4cHG

[Alex Smith]

What does your lease say about late rent and maintenance issues that are the tenant's fault? The lease is ultimately the letter of the law in how late rent should be handled by you and the tenant.