I bought an apartement on a condo-conversion which was under lease with a termination date on November 2007.
I did the closing a month ago (March 9th).
The tenant was supposed to pay the rent (as per her previous contract with the Landlord) every 1st day each month.
The tenant was officially informed by the landlord that I was the new owner, that all terms of the contract were still in place until the end of that contract (again, November 2007) nad I was officially informed as well that I should respect the terms of the old contract.
It was already April 6th and I had not been paid yet.
I tried to contact this person but she did not ever answer my call.
I went to the place and found out that she was already packing and ready to move.
I was speachless. She just said that she did not have the money, that I could take the deposit she left (I have it) but that she will not pay anything else arguing that she does not have money (she's a nurse and does not seem to have the money, but still...).
After having a short conversation to her, I did not want to argue because I was affraid that if I did she might do anything wrong in the apartment and that not even the deposit could be anough to fix it.
She said she was leaving last sunday (which she did) and left us the keys.
She said she might send me part of this month's rent within the first week of May.
I am not sure about the procedure I should follow in order to ensure that I can use the deposit with no further actions from her side. I do not know if I should sue her or not for not having paid April's and make her pay until November (as I said I could bet she does not have money so I am not sure if it make sense to start a legal process). I am sure if the case woudl ahve been the opposite, I would have been oblied to pay and I would get a sue.
Bottom line: I need to know what is the best way to close the case without having to face further problems with her.

