Illegal lock outs work as well. 

That way you can change the locks and throw out his stuff the day after.

That means, a tenant, with someone in their ear (if needed), will take you to court and get ALL of the rent credited towards the purchase by having the court declare this a Land Contract...Not a LO.All of this because you didn't keep the two agreements separate when you gave rent credits.There's a better way. 

If you can’t wait for them to approve before making an offer you’re saying I’m offering a smoking deal and just want to lock up my property and other buyers may be coming soon. 3 days is reasonable. 

I've also heard it said that you should get deals under contract to lock them up and then go get your financing figured out.  

I'm looking to get into a deal with my fiance but she has an average score and some collections on her credit.Should we start the empire with joint credit or just lock in our first deal under my credit?

Don’t try to lock out the ghost as it is sleeping there and needs to be evicted.

At what point can we change the locks and throw stuff in the dumpster  if doesn’t get out before a final deadline this Sunday?  

The lease had them locked in at $1,200.00 monthly and was clearly backdated to 6/1 (before we were provided the leases).

Meanwhile you can invest the $500k downpayment in cheaper markets.And yet another option would be to try to get a lease option deal on a Milpitas house that locks in a purchase price for say 5 years, by which time it may be a no-brainer to purchase if the market has appreciated, but if the market goes south you can treat it like a rental and walk away or renegotiate the deal (lower price).