Advice on late rent please help

[Ryan Keenan]

hey bp,

Need some advice on what seems to be my first problem tenant! This is her first month living there and she is late paying the rent. The lease says to pay by the 9th and today is the 16th. Since she is mailing it to me is it not late if post marked by the 9th? But I live 20mins from the house and there is no way the mail can take that long.

I used a realtor to find this tenant and she tried to pay cash at first, doesn't seem to have a bank account because she gave me a money order and I found out after she was basically already in that she had a prior eviction. 

So my question is, what should I do? To early to try to evict ? I have never done this before so any advice I really appreciate!

Thanks

Ryan