Next steps for non-communicative tenant

[Rizwan Halim]

I have a tenant who has gone non-communicative and not paid rent for September.  They have been awesome otherwise and have been here for quite a few years.  There has never been an issue in the past.  The rent is now 10 days overdue and after repeated attempts to get in touch, they have been non-communicative.  I would really like to work something out with them but given the lack of communication see my options very limited.  My next step is to speak to an attorney for the eviction process.  I know NJ has a stay on evictions right now.

Is there anything I haven't considered that I should try before going down this route?  Thanks all.