To sign or Not to sign the land lease, serious legal question.?

We live in a really creepy area. We ended up here after we lost our home to Hurricane Wilma. Well we have taken the long haul and are now trying to purchase a home and get out of this drug infested Paytons place. This is the problem, we own this mobile home. We don't own the land we pay lot rent. We can't sell it and are not worried about it we are going to abandon it.
The landlord and the law require us to sign a lease 01/01/08. I will not be sure if my loan will be approved till 01/04/08. I can avoid signing the lease till 01/05/08. Make it a whoops I forgot kind of thing. If it does go threw I don't want to sign the lease nor do I want to pay that month's rent. I am afraid to start packing, because I don't want to unpack bla,bla, bla...but on the other hand I am going to need time to pack too if it does go threw, about 3 days. In the event the loans goes threw should I avoid the land lease and forget the rent? What options do you suggest? The landlord is a real jerk personified!

We live in Florida. I am afraid if I sign it I will be bound to it. I do know if I don't sign it he will start eviction. If it does go threw should I just avoid the whole office thing till closing pack and let them worry about the empty Mobile home and write a letter to the courts? I am lost and need expert advice.

I would pay the rent just because your still there, but do not sign a new lease. Just let them know why.

Ok. Let's look at your situation from a slightly different viewpoint.

As I understand it.

-You need to get word on the status of your loan. Talk to the lender on that one.

- You need some flexibility with the landlord. Talk to the landlord on that one. If you are up front with him, the situation is going to be much easier to work through. Including after you give notice.

-The law and the landlord require? I have never heard of a law requiring you to sign a lease but even so, are they going to jail you for not signing? I think this is more of a landlord thing. My approach would be for honesty. Tell the landlord the situation. Work through it with him. If you tell him what is going on and decline (not refuse) to sign the lease, he would have to go through some kind of eviction and that would take a few months. It is better for him not to have a combative tennant on his hands.

-I assume you are going to try and sell the mobile home on the lot. Does the lease transfer to the new party? Can you transfer the lease?