since she has possession of the unit yes its some work and money to get her out how much money depends on wether she honors a vacate notice , Now would you want to risk her filing a lawsuit if you just tossed her out ? believe me its more headache than its worth and the final satisfaction is if you must end up taking her to court to vacate the unit , then there will be a traceable court record wich will possibly interfere in her future with being able to rent else where . Little story I had a tenant who failed to move after I gave her legal notice to do so , I filed a court action for unlawful detainer (thats whats its called up here ) she did find a place to live in and we never went to court , since she vacated before court date . But it was the next move where that court record was found by future landlords and they legally used it as ground to refuse to rent to her . She was really mad and let me know it . Had she gotten out when she was supposed to there would have been no filing with the court and no UD record . >>>MY whole point of story is Follow the law to get this tenant out , like it or not thats what some states would call her since she has possession of unit . If she is too stupid to leave according to what your state says you have to give her for notice . spend the money and do what you need to legally to restore possession of the unit to you . youll have no backlash to deal with if you follow what your states laws are where that unit is re: eviction . but she will if it comes down to it .