If you must rent then you must carefully prepare a lease agreement. No handshake deals allowed!

If buyer/renter refuses to close deal for any reason, only way you can get them out of property is if you have a rental agreement that gives you right to evict. It must also be a short term lease, so there is no misunderstanding about buyer/renter remaining in property if deal goes bad.

In purchase agreement you must spell out exactly, in a dollar amount, what repairs or improvements you will pay for. The agreement should indicate buyer has had an inspection period and is buying subject to your limits on repairs and costs... now and in future. If legitimate defects are found in property during rental period you can negotiate a solution.

You must collect sufficient security deposit to cover rent and potential damage renter/buyer might inflict upon property.

Look, if for some reason you feel you must accommodate buyer during closing period… pay for a motel room. Chances are it will be far cheaper in long rund.

The court will hold a hearing to "determine share of interest in property sought to be divided of each of owners or claimants, and all questions affecting title..."

In other words... when those who have an undivided interest in a property can't agree on disposal court can do it for them.

Here's another example of partition in action:

If an ex-wife or ex-husband refuses to sell their home or deed their interest to other (and real estate is not mentioned in divorce decree) only way home can be sold is through a partition action. When a husband and wife buy a home together, they own it as "tenants by entirety". Upon death of one spouse, surviving spouse automatically becomes sole owner of property. This is known as "right of survivorship".