MY FIRST TENANT HORROR STORY!! NEED ADVICE/HELP PLEASE

[Joshua Boyce]

I have a Section 8 tenant that has been a great tenant for 2 years.

Recently she's let the house go to crap and the final straw was a basement flood from her flushing tampons. It's caused what will be thousands in cleanup from the sewage and water backup. I had 2 cleanup companies come look at it already. 

Where do I go from here? Start the eviction process? File insurance claim and while evicting? Evict her then rehab the inside?

Did I mention I need a good property manager?

I'm annoyed but excited. I feel like I'm earning my landlord stripes with this one.

I'd really appreciate any ideas on how to handle this. Thank you