Any disposable money you have would be better spent buying a box of business cards and spending time at open houses, business grand openings, auction days, unlawful detainer courtroom hearings. 

Essentially that is what you have to do start with three day notice to quit and then start the unlawful detainer action.

There is no lease.We purchased a foreclosure, gave 3 day notice, then served unlawful detainer.

I was advised that the only way to proceed is with an unlawful detainer, and advised to proceed immediately.

I tell them that I fully intend to file an unlawful detainer and that they may not want that on their background search.

If they refuse to sign new rental agreement give them your state required notice to vacate (unlawful detainer).

If a lease doesn't have fee shifting and cost shifting provisions, you should probably have an attorney properly draft your lease agreements going forward.That said, if you are relying on attorneys who are charging several thousand dollars for a simple unlawful detainer/conversion case, you are using the wrong attorney.

Plus, whenever you file an unlawful detainer (or eviction proceeding in your state), it goes on their eviction report.  

(note...she did not offer to pay rent) To proceed with an unlawful detainer I do not need to serve any notice but proceed directly to file.

In some jurisdictions, when a lease expires, your tenant becomes M2M by default - CA is a tenant friendly state.As a matter of fact, if you ask a tenant to leave without an unlawful detainer - assuming one is legally warranted - they are entitled to a relocation fee.https://hcidla.lacity.org/syst...To your success!