It's a less jarring transition into investing (emotionally and financially, haha). 

When they passed (with no will of course) the mortgage payments were $800 per month and I was not in the right place financially or emotionally to take it over.

I’ll be honest and say I’m emotionally attached to the garage and come Saturday after home inspection I’ll post the pics here on this post of the garage and the space and you’ll understand why.

Hire a property manger to keep your emotions out of it and charge market rent.

If you tell them to get rid of the dog, they will likely claim it is an emotional support animal and then you are really stuck. 

@John Teachout I agree probably not worth my time/money to litigate and that best approach is likely to go with the emotional appeal of upholding the contract, good faith, golden rule, etc.Yes it's a $15k fee so technically I could afford to come up $10k to appease him.

What is his objective financially for this gift, not emotionally.

Added headaches always come up during and after a purchase, so try not to proceed with only an emotional decision.

Obviously, you want to introduce yourself in a nice way so you don't come across the wrong way.When the residents in your new property are the owners and not tenants, I always send a letter first telling them I purchased the property at the auction and would like to set a meeting within 5 to 7 days to discuss their plans to vacate the property because visiting in person could result in some serious emotions that go that take you down the wrong road.

I do have some emotional attachment to house.