Two options-tell them to move and not renew their lease, or see if them paying 50% of the rent on the 1st and 50% on the 15th would work better for them-stressing that it must be paid on time (do a 3 month trial) or you are simply not going to renew their lease.

Most nurses (since I'm using FF) book 3 months with the possibility of them renewing.

If the lease renews during that period, they receive another period.

So... if all is the same and the only thing a yearly lease do is 'bind' YOU then why not go month-to-month... and in fact since month-to-month automatically renews there is no 'event' for the Tenant to shop around every year.

Hey Nicholas,2 questions unrelated.I had never thought of this but it came up for renewal this week.

Surprisingly, Craigslist yielded the best results as I found my first tenant whom has renewed twice already and has never been late or missed any payments.

Most carriers would non-renew in this climate to take it a step further. 

Once a year and when needed are also easy to maintain and remember as your policy will likely renew on a yearly basis. 

You could adjust their rent as you transition them over at lease renewal letting them know that $50 of their rent covers the heating cost, so they pay $50 less per month and now pay for heating directly.

If I ride this out, can I just opt to not renew the lease?