Eviction or non-renewal

[Mark Forest]

My yearly lease with a tenant ended 8-1-17. We were crazy busy in August so I did not call tenant to sign a new lease. By Sep. we started to text and voice message him about signing the new  lease, but he did not reply. He continued to pay Aug. and Sep rents a few days late. By the middle of Oct he had not paid so we sent him a friendly reminder and again reiterated we needed  a new lease signed. He paid, but sent us an angry bizzare letter saying that the lease is now month to month and he refuses to now sign a year lease. Our lease states we don't do month to month. From his letter I can see he has issues I don't want to deal with.

So do I evict him for violating the lease for not agreeing to sign a one year lease or go along with his logic and say if we are now month to month you have 30 days to leave as I am not renewing?