If you both agree, you can stay month-to-month with a 3% increase or even exercise the option for another 5 years as long as it is documented properly. 

(later found out I should of did a closing instead.)4. remainder of title search comes back with an additional 16k in liens. 5. tried to wholesale it no luck, foundation scared a lot of investors.6. got a realtor, they suggested I get a engineer report and plans to show potential buyers, did that cost me $1800. all low ball offers taking it off the market.7. never done a rehab  so that's why Im undecided. any advice ,criticism is welcomed Im looking to learn from this.thanks 

I would advise my agents not to get involved with investors who are low balling.. let them go to the trustee sales if they are big boy investors.

You're not "buying the home" until you, or someone else "exercises" the option to buy in the option contract.

Bottom line how do I get this ball rolling to make this deal go through?

The people are way more healthy than we are (probably a diet thing and exercise thing) with old people running across the streets and riding motos! 

I'd start the eviction process according to your contract with a pay or leave notice to at least get the ball rolling...

I think I'm starting to get fed up enough (I've been fed up for a while, but not enough to truly get the ball rolling) to push into my fears and take more risk, so I can finally make my dream life a reality.

@Liam Morris do you have numbers in mind or are you just basically doing this as an exercise?

Commercial is a whole other ball game.