Tenants not leaving & ghosting me

[Thomas Moran]

Hey BP -

I've got my investor friends to weigh in on this, but would love to hear the collective wisdom of this communities input.

Background: bought a SFH with a tenant in place. It's been a little rocky with them so far. Two of them don't speak english so I have to communicate with their daughter. Their lease ended 5 days ago and they are still living there, and she will not return my calls/texts/emails. I have no contact info for her parents and the prior landlord is claiming he doesn't either (very odd).

My two schools of thought: a) proceed immediately with eviction proceedings, or at least send a warning letter. b) continue trying to cordially reach them to mitigate fees associated with eviction, headache and them potentially trashing the place in retaliation.

Any seasoned vets want to weight in here? This is my third rental so i'm still getting the hang of this thing.

Thanks guys.

Tom