Beware of getting an eviction on your record. You may not ever be able
to rent another home, it's just too easy today for even mom & pop landlords to access credit, eviction and backgrounds checks. Zillow and Apartments.com are happy to do it at the tenant's expense. And you better have a job where your wages cannot be garnished by a court award against you.

I recently had a tenant whose life destabilized and she couldn't pay, she gracefully left owing a few months rent. I am not pursuing her about it, it's the risks of the business. But if someone jerked me around just because they thought they could, I'd do all I legally could to make their life hell. Assume your landlord will do likewise.