Property owner came into possession via Quiclaim Deed and all that paperwork is fine.

I think you will fine in the long run your Broker License its a mark of superior knowledge and ethics and you will garner respect from those that don't possess "the force" and the continuing education classes will always keep you up to date. 

Should we just get a notarized affidavit of small succession(I'm buying for $6,500), or do we have to have a judgement of possession in court?

Just found this, I don't think she qualifies for "squatters rights" or adverse possession.

If they don’t answer, then you automatically get a writ of possession– the legal document that gives you the house back.If your tenants do not answer, and you filed personally at the courthouse, you should have your house back by the 17th of the month.

The exception would be, once you have "knowledge" of the activity, it can be argued that you are in actual possession........even though there is a lease.

As per the rules we are supposed to give them a 10 day notice to vacate prior to filing for an order of possession so that the sheriff can then begin the process of eviction.

I had a tenant who had what I understood to be a minor possession case on his record, several years earlier.

Unfortunately, one of my own attorneys (I have at least six regulars) became radioactive by representing the clown who tried adverse possession on a wholesale basis.

You can sell and give possession of a property and delay the settlement past the time required to season title.