Tenant Rights while Owner Sells House

[Nick Vehr]

So this came up today with a friend of mine who currently rents his house but is looking to buy a house in the next couple of months. His landlord decided they would want to sell the house, and he is getting the run around and it doesn't really seem right in my opinion. 

Background

• Hes lived there for 8 years, and is month to month
• There is a weird termination of lease clause in his lease that gives the timeline to terminate the lease as "thirty (60) days"
• Realtor came and asked him to clean up so they can begin showing the house
• There was a lock box put on the house
• He is being asked to leave the property for 8 hours this weekend (4 sat and 4 sunday) to allow for showings 
• There have been comments made that as soon as the house is under contract he will have 45 days to leave the property

So, I am fully aware it's in the owners write to sell the house, but are they allowed to encroach on his living arrangement so aggressively without him having any recourse. Due to money constraints and due to him wanting to buy a house, involving a lawyer may just cost too much, unless there is a reasonable chance that he could win a suit. 

I wanted to reach out here and see if anyone has any suggestions on how to handle this. FWIW This is in the state of Ohio, and he does have a copy of the lease. If anyone were to want to take a look at it and offer up some help, please let me know.