I was summoned to court after carrying out what I thought was due process for a tenant who had a  month to month agreement.

Personally, I wouldn't sign any purchase agreement without seeing the property.  

Its probably spelled out in your state generic lease agreement or at least with the tenant/landlord laws that tenants breaking the law are indeed breaking the law and can allow for eviction.

In Florida my Investor/attorney colleagues recommend 2 separate agreements one is the lease and one is the option as the option is not refundable you don't want to mix the language.  

If the house has not yet had a foreclosure notice filed, then you may be able to use a general Purchase and Sale agreement. 

Fortunately we were finally able to motivate them to go for a cash for keys agreement, and we took possession.

There is a listing agreement signed,  ask how long the agreement is for.

Where I am, there would be a difference between getting a realtor to show you a property and having an "agency agreement" with a realtor.

 :)"you think you know something, but it's not so"Ken you mean something that these:- Buy a park full of park owned homes, no problem, just have the tenants sign option agreements, take another month's rent for the option fee, write a clause that in 24 months the home will be their's- No problem buying a park on a well.- A park full of 1960's 40' homes and 10' spacing off the road, no problem.Maybe this thread might morph into a list of false "truisms" about MHPs

They assured me on the phone that if the purchase did not happen I would get the deposit back as long as the appraisal was not done.Here is what the deposit agreement says:The deposit agreement says it is a good faith deposit.