Inheriting a tenant can be a bit of an adventure, but with the right steps, you'll be golden.First things first, dive into that existing lease agreement.

We still see one another, but it's not the close family ties that once existed.

One option rather than doing that could be Subject To - in which you buy the house for $184K subject to the existing mortgage.

Given your strong credit, rental experience, and the equity in your existing properties, you’d likely have some solid options. 

If the existing ceiling paint is damaged, the ceiling must be scraped, repaired and painted.

Buying it as an existing 4bd/4bth is doable. 

So there are now 20+ people to connect with in order to get a clean marketable title, (none of these existing family members have any idea of the property even existing).

We typically buy existing debt but still good to know. 

There are less lenders that do this but they exist.

The seller will have reduced debt capacity because the existing note is still calculated as a debt - they MAY be able to include an offset equal to the buyer payments after a period of time, BUT often the seller is surprised to find they can not qualify to purchase another property3.