Long term tenant turning into probem tenant

[Bily Elliott]

Long story short I paid cash for a small SFR in early 2009 and had a guy move in right away. He was not a friend but someone I had known for several years. We just had handshake terms, he paid rent, took care of things and we agreed that there would be no rent increase for a long time if he didn't bug me all the time by fixing small things. Fast forward to last November, he had lost his long term job about the middle of last year but kept paying on time (he had only paid late once in the previous 5+ years and that was only by a week). The last few months he has been a week or so late. He has not paid this months rent and hasn't responded to my texts over the last few days. Is anyone familiar with Oklahoma laws, I am going to call him and try to visit with him this weekend to see if we can get something worked out. Knowing the guy, I don't THINK I will have to evict him, but I also am concerned that if he cant pay me, he cant come up with first, last and security deposits to move somewhere else.