Tenants Refuse to vacate after signed lease termination agreement

[Nicholas Morgan]

Hi Everyone, your advice is appreciated. Let me preface this with I do not own this property, but am under contract to purchase to house-hack so an empty unit is mandatory. 

Tenants signed a lease termination and vacate by Sept 30th agreement. Tenants had 6 weeks to find new residence. September was given rent free by landlord as a parting gift of sorts. It's now 10/5 and tenants refuse to vacate. Eviction process has started and hearing scheduled for 10/27. We were scheduled to close on 10/15 and this will now push the closing date as I had my purchase agreement contingent on a clean, vacant unit. I informed the landlord of the cash for keys tactic and the tenants refused this offer ($500 cash). 

Any other recommended course of action? I am unaware of the current eviction process status as it relates to COVID (I know for a time evictions were not happening/slow). 

I have my current residence listed for rent and will have to delay any move-in date for that as I am unsure when I will be able to move into this new property now.