My landlord has to sell, but still wants 30 days notice!

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So here is the scenario:

My landlord is in big financial troubles and has big bad mortgage situation. He is on the brink of being foreclosed on, and has to show that he is at least trying to sell the house. I rent a lovely house with my fiance. We are getting married in May. We have been through a LOT of hardships lately and the last thing we want to do is to move. We understand our landlord's unfortunate position - there is nothing he can do.

Our landlord is putting the house on the market this week. The agent came by and has arranged to have showings 2-3 times/week - possibly more. My fiance works from a home office, so this is not exactly a pleasant experience. We the renters feel that though we do not want to move, we need to ASAP, so that we are not just sitting here waiting to get a 30 days notice as soon as the house sells in the middle of the holiday season when I am trying to plan a wedding and start a new job, and my fiance is struggling to get a business up and running. In other words, if we are going to move, it needs to be now.

We found a place that we are OK with and the new landlord wants us to sign a lease for November 1st. It is now 0ctober 15th, therefore we cannot give our landlords 30 days notice. Seeing as this unfortunate situation has been imposed upon us, and we are doing our best not to let our landlords $$$ problems become our problems, we do not think this should be a problem. Well, sure enough, as soon as we told them that we found a place to move into in two weeks, our landlord said, "I need 30 days notice", "You are leaving me hanging."

I'm confused. Is ourlandlord basically saying, "You should continue renting my house until I give YOU 30 days notice."?
As far as I'm concerned, we are being very accommodating by dealing with people/potential buyers trapsing through our home. Our landlords even dug up and mulched over our grassy lawn, wildflowers, and garden which we eat from daily in order to make the yard look "neat" for potential buyers.

Are we REALLY required to give 30 days notice, essentially causing US financial hardship due to our LANDLORD's financial hardships. Something does not seem quite right here. Is this just one of those life's not fair situations. Hmmm.

Anyone??

Suzyrenter :beer: :beer: