Seller is the only child, and lives in a far away state (the mom, a widow, is at a rest home not far from the properties I want to buy).

They did at my other place as long as it had a widow and closet it was a room.

Despite the loss of a family member, the widower and son moved into an apartment and actually hugged me for giving him a new start on his life.

The owner had lived there for over a decade and was widowed/retired/looking to move with her kids.

Humanity is on the brink of greatness, and all we need to do is shift our mindset for what we use all of our hard work to accomplish.If this is inappropriate for this forum, I apologize for not conveying this in a way that matters to you, but I argue that the underlying ideas can be converted into anything you put your mind to.Sorry for formatting errors from pasting from google drive.Find houses that are falling behind on repair and maintenance.Bike and walk dogs through the current neighborhood.Recently widowed homeowners are a good candidate.Find a small amount of time to donate to helping neighbors do easy projects.Use this time as an opportunity to learn what they need, what support they have, long term goals, etc.Create community events to take care of the properties that are farthest behind.Create an actual govt program to be more productive with govt owned properties.Instead of selling the property to an investor, fix the property with the specific intent of providing housing for some form of underserved population.This is the reasoning behind structuring as a non-profit.If created correctly might be a great way to scale by using other “flippers” as partners.

There is a market of potential tenants, my question is approaching the owner with that option since she is widowed and owns free and clear.  

She was a widow and her mortgage just doubled.

I think that you can be more successful davka because you are a womanThere are many women sellers (widows, divorcees,inheritance) that they would be more comfortable dealing with youFor buyers you don't have to worry.

The Dad had died and a young man had befriended the lonely Widow and convinced her to add him to title.

Not all, I recall one who burned a hole with a cigarette in my seat in my new LTD, smoking with the widow down and reading the paper, he turned the page and knocked it out of his mouth it went flying into the back seat.