My question involves landlord-tenant law in the State of: Virginia
My deceased brother's mother-in-law was complaining that she could no longer afford her mortgage and was going to have to sell her house for only what she owed on it to one of those "we buy ugly houses" people. As it was the house my brother died in, I didnt want to see it go to a stranger so the beginning of May we made an ORAL agreement with her to move into the house and pay the mortgage for a year (She moved into a cheaper apartment). During this time we were to be cleaning up our credit with intent to buy the house from her at the end of the year. We could not afford the $1700. a month, but had a large bonus check. We gave her a $6000 cashiers check and would pay $1200 a month to equal it out, for the year.
In late February I had a huge fight with her daughter and a couple days later she (the mother) asked if we still planned on buying the house. We told her we had been pre-approved for the amount she owed and she informed us that she no longer was willing to let it go for that amount and would sell for $65,000 more than what she owed at our original discussion. We obviously could not afford that and she told us that we would need to vacate by April 1st. We immediately found another home to buy and are closing next week.
My question.. Is it within our legal rights to vacate the property on March 22nd, only pay PROrated rent of roughly 1206, but only deposit $206 considering she still had $1000.00 of the "lump sum" money yet to be applied?
Once I make that deposit tomorrow the s*** is going to hit the fan. Does she have any legal recourse against us...such as serving a 3 day eviction or such??

