Cash for keys question

[Enrique H.]

I have a tenant wjo hasnt paid rent in months, I offer to forgive back rent plus 2 free months ( wanted for her to ha e a house for Christmas and fistr month of the year) we sign a new agreement. she called said she could be out tomorrow in exchange for 600 dollars, I jumped and said sure.
she called and said she s out now that she wanta the 600now  I said no, Im going to make sure everything  is clean and now she said, well I dont want yoi in the house till the end of the month.
my question is do I have to wait till the end of the month or can I go in tomorrow?

[Kyle J.]

@Enrique H. Do not pay this tenant any money. Cash for keys only works if the tenant completely moves out, turns over the keys, and returns possession of the property to the landlord. Then, and only then, would you pay her any agreed upon money. 

And if that’s how you did it, you would immediately change the locks and the place would be yours again. She wouldn’t get to tell you that you don’t get to go inside until the end of the month. That’s ridiculous. She wouldn’t be your tenant anymore and that wouldn’t be her property any longer.

Sounds like she’s just trying to play you and get the $600 without moving out.