Want to type up a letter to pay a tenant to move/give tenant a decision to take the money or stay. Is there any example letters out there to do this? ANY letter would be of help. TO 1st answer: According to an attorney we can only offer to pay this tenant to move. It's quite complicated (we've talked to attorney's and numerous landlord advisors)...in my case it is easier to pay them to move; we are in a rent controlled area; it would be in our best interest to get them to move this way. we will be able to get someone in there to pay what the apt is worth in our area and get the $ back quicker; even in our rent controlled area the apt is worth twice as much as what the tenant is paying; we can only raise rent at a certain percentage and we are not getting anything out of her paying what she's been paying before i purchased the bldg.