there are other issues i’m hearing about from neighbors which violate the lease on multiple counts. I do not have proof like you mention above, so the non-payment of rent seems like the easiest. That is the route I went with.
Good to know on the habitability assertion. Tenant only notified me of one issue in the first month, which was fixed the next day.
Sad part is, we actually spent quite a lot of money doing repairs & upgrades to the place. I assume the tenant will break everything on their way out.