If for example, the house burned down my guess is that you could refuse to accept the deed.

You're going to have to accept that this comes with far-ranging consequences, and if your landlord wants you out and has even the least bit of sense, sooner or later, you're going to be hitting the bricks.As you go through the process of finding another place to live, you'll probably find your new landlord is going to want to talk to your old landlord and ask him how easy you are to work with.

I'm not quite there yet myself as the acceptable low barrier criteria credit score is super low. 

If  you have the contract drawn up and signed, unless you change the terms (eg want money back and he says no), he can't go and sell it to another person...if you follow the terms and conditions in the offer that he accepted. 

We do not accept rent checks at our P.O.

It's a non-warrantable condo, so I just accepted my horrific rate and I'm hanging on until I can hopefully refinance and see some real cash flow. 

I was helping select the actors for the leading roles who included Scott Bakula (he accepted the role last I heard), Tim Watters, Tom Byrne and Steve Sires.

I've had agents scoff at my list, only for the seller to graciously accept.

A wholesaler contacted me and they wanted $140K and I offered $110K and they accepted.

most attorneys especially smaller ones will not accept credit cards.