How to recoup unpaid rent & legal fees from tenant

[Joshua Dombal]

I am currently evicting a tenant.

By the end of the process they will owe me 6k in unpaid rent and 1.5k in legal fees.

Does anyone have experience in Texas with collecting unpaid rent and fees?

I'm trying to find options, things I am thinking are:

- Try to convince the tenant to pay all or a portion of rent

- After a judgement is made, go to collections agency to get funds

Are either of these options likely of success? Are there other better options? 

Please help, thank you