Thank you everyone for all the great advice!
I am in her will along with my brother and sister. Mom is downsizing since me nor my siblings live there and is buying a condo closer to work. Sale price will be a little below market value with a Home Style loan (4% down), rehabbing ($80K-$100K) mom's home into a place my family and I can live in (better schools, bigger yard, and other benefits) comfortably with a growing family.
We plan to renovate the attic of our current home and make some cosmetic repairs ($60,000 HELOC) that take it from a 3 berooom 1+ half bath to a 6 bedroom 1+half bath with a separate 1 bedroom apartment that has a livingroom and kitchen (apartment is already renovated).
We then plan to rent the Air BnB for 2 years and re-finance for equity and leverage to buy more rentals. Our exit strategies on each individual deal will vary between Fix & Flip, BRRR to Air BnB or sell retail. Just to add some context..
Our current home we plan to Air BnB is:
10 minutes to JFK & LaGuardia Airports
30 minutes to Manhattan
20 minutes to Long Island
Close to LIRR & Subway
Walk to supermarket or taxi stand
Thanks again everyone and I will take any advice I can get according to the additional information I presented.