@Sheri Rolfe, generally speaking unless the buyer has violated the terms of the contract in a way that allows you to terminate it or unless there is specific language allowing you to terminate it then no you should not be able to.

But the language they used is “ The current tenant leaves on 7/31 so closing can happen on 8/7 or later…” I prefer to close towards the end of August so I can get inspections and then appraisal in that order.” 

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@Zhihan Wan What sort of lease language do you think places responsibility on the tenant?

They may even stop  paying rent.Follow your lease's renewal language and wait until you have to legally tell them.

I don't think I should have to run business ducking lender payments and using sneaky language.

When I talked to Minut about this, they said they might update the language to reflect it can take longer to establish a baseline.

For the language in the lease, I would just add provisions there on what you're comfortable with.

I do not feel comfortable going back over there after how they acted during the inspection.Do you think they will have legal grounds to move forward with suing or rent escrow actions given the following circumstances 1) "as-is" language in the lease (pasted below); 2) nothing about smell is included on the pre-move-in inspection; and 3) the city inspector was already out and stated there was no violation?

I also put in exclusions for the water heater and furnace so that they are responsible for those.What type of language will make the AS-IS language stick and make it very clear that they are required to maintain the heating and water systems?