Inherited Tenants. Ugh!

[Ross K.]

Good morning all, I recently purchased my third duplex in San Antonio and am having a hard time getting one of my inherited tenants to move out. I plan to use the BRRR strategy on this property and need to get the rehab started asap. Here's the situation. I purchased the property in January from a woman who had just inherited the property from her late father. The prior owner lived in one side and had a tenant on the other. That tenant is who I have inherited. The tenant claims she had a lease with the prior owner paid in full through June 30th, but the daughter has no knowledge of it and the tenant herself will not provide me a copy of it or even let me see it. Hmm. So I served her on February 3rd with a 30 day notice to vacate and she accepted. Through discussions with her, I extended that through yesterday, March 8th. I went by yesterday and she hasn't moved out and is now asking to sign a 3-week lease at market rent. My question is this (calling all San Antonio, specifically Leon Valley, property managers here): can I give her a new lease that is less than 30 days and include a clause that the new lease supersedes any prior lease? My thought being that I would then know with certainty the lease status on the property and can then more readily move to evict after that term. Or do I just proceed with eviction? She hasn't paid me a dime in the 6 weeks I've owned the property and the daughter of the prior owner says there wasn't a lease in place. I'm worried if I go this route, a lease will magically appear with no one to vouch for the validity of it. The daughter I purchased from has no interest in assisting anymore, she just wanted to get rid of the property. Wow, sorry for the novel! Thanks for any help you might have! Ross