We Want This House

[Ashley Hines]

Hello Fellow Members, 

I have a question for you.
My boyfriend has found a fixer upper that he's crazy about - that's how the story starts.
He saw a for sale sign in the yard and called the number and gave the owner a $12,000 down payment for him to move in.
When I found out, I did my research on the property and found out the guy who "sold" it to him isn't the owner. The home is owned by the 3 daughters of the man who used to reside there before his passing. We're in FL and the owners are in NC. The property tax for 2014 haven't been paid and will go into a tax certificate auction in May. However in FL you have to have the certificate for 2 years before you can try and buy the property.
How would you go about legally acquiring this home?
I've been considering just going to the owners and letting them know about this guy and he tried to sell the home illegally and let them know he IS interested in buying even with the $12,000 loss.

Any help would be tremendously appreciated. His reasons for wanting to buy the property is to eventually flip it so he can pay off his father's medical bills; we just found out he has cancer.

Again, thank you.