We inherited my Mother in Law's house after she passed away.

Just so you know, FHA doesn't approve contractors, your actual lender does and if they've done a few,mother have some already approved contractors.  

His mother passed away so he no longer has a desire to come back to my small town.

I assume if you are 'loaning' your mother the money, you can't afford to just give it to her.

I was about to rent out my condo with good cash flow and move back to my mother's house in Central.

His reasoning is that this will more easily allow me to manage the property if he passes (he is 70) -- he doesn't want my mother to have to manage or deal with the place.

I am a nurse by trade and am in the US Army.

my four year old daughter fell down our front steps we told the ll 2 times about it within 6 months they put wood shims under steps their removeable temp steps then my daughter fell we told the landlord to fix them they said what do u expect a new set of steps said that would be nice he laughed we said fix the dam steps he said he would look at them do any landlords agree cause im friends with hos mother and we are never later then 2 days late on rent and always tell them when that happens he has over 30 mobile homes they said owned free and clear and 27 are always rented so its not a money issue I told him my daughter had to go to a neurological trauma unit and he said rents due today do you have my money i I told him thats the last on my mind but hes getting hismoneyy and he said expect an eviction and he  I told him i told him im hiring an attorney and he flipped he told me telling him about it 2 times within 3 hrs is too much and ordering him to do something is un acceptable what would you say whos in the right

As a registered nurse turned investor myself,  you are on a right path.

Otherwise, I will continue to network on BP.As a quick background of my wife and I -- My wife is an orthopedic nurse practitioner and I am an land manager for an oil & gas company, each with 10 years of experience.