Then again hawaii houses are built differently and we dont wear shoes in the house so I guess softer stomping ;).  

They wanted a 3-year lease right off the bat and although we did not have any reservations about renting to them we decided to start them off with a year lease and then recently when their lease ended we extended them another 2-years.If they are truly interested in the house and living in the neighborhood then they will be fine with a year lease initially which is how I would play this situation if I was in your shoes.

Just put yourself in their shoes.

If you don't have a new address from him, mail it with delivery confirmation to the rental address (his last know address).If he still owes you money after that, then I recently found this collection agency, which I've never used, but in your shoes I would try them out. 

When you buy the place, you buy the contract, too, and just step right into the shoes of the previous owner of the contract.  

Try to pretend you are in their shoes, and what it would take to make you happy or cooperate.

Put yourself in their shoes. 

I don't need to wait until I'm scraping it off my shoes to avoid it and it sounds like you don't either.

The sink and faucet we kept as it made sense.New kitchen:In the picture you can see the base shoe from the bedrooms and living room. 

Put yourself in your tenant's shoes and keep the place in reasonable condition.