Eviction or Cash for keys
I have a tenant who have had problems paying and being late so I finally decided to give her 60 day notice to leave. The area this rental condo is located is fairly nice in southern California and most times I have no problem with finding a tenant that pays on time, however this one was inherited when I purchased the property. Dumb me for not doing a credit check.
Anyway, she emailed back that it would be fine. She paid the beginning of the month as I saw on the bank account statement and I thought things will go smoothly. But then, now that it's almost the end of the month, I got notice from the bank that her check bounced. Unfortunately, I only check the bank account in the beginning of the month so now she's almost had a full month of rent free living. She won't answer phone calls or emails. I'm planning on giving a 3 day pay and quit. Then after that I'm thinking of doing cash for keys since I hear that eviction is very costly in California.
If I go the eviction route, would I be able to count the initial 60 day notice as part of the eviction process?
Thanks for any input. This is my first real issue with a tenant.