Becoming the Tenant From Hell

[Brandon Johnson]

I have a tenant that moved into the 2nd floor of my 2 family property.  After moving in we realized that the tenant on the first floor had bed bugs.  She also ended up having bedbugs on the 2nd floor.  I provided the new tenant on the 2nd floor with a hotel until the pest company could could and perform a heat treatment on the house to kill the bed bugs.  The treatment cost almost $4,000 (if anyone was wondering).  I gave the tenant two options.  1) She could break her lease and receive her deposit and 1st months rent back 2)She can stay in the hotel until the heat treatment was complete and pay 350.00 of the her 650.00 per month rent on the 1st.  On the first, my representative reached out to her and asked about the rent.  She mentioned that the lease said that she had a 5 day grace period.  Which it does.  On the 5th she told my representative that she didn't get paid until the 7th.  She again, did not have the money on the 7th.  She finally provided a money order on the 8th but refused to pay the late fee.  She's constantly telling my representative how hard it would be to evict her.  Should I proceed with eviction?  Sound like she is going to be a difficult tenant throughout the lease.

Thanks in advance for any advice.