JARblue

Other than consulting a lawyer (which is what I recommend), it seems you have two options.

First would be close on the house with the tenant and let them stay. Seems easy enough, but I can definitely understand not wanting them there. Bonus rent income for a month is always nice.

Second would be to screw over the tenant. Buy the house and then evict them. There's no rental agreement, so you can just say that you were unaware of the arrangement. Unfortunately, it doesn't seem there's a good way to screw over the people who deserve it (owner and/or realtor - whoever has been lying to you).

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