In a fast moving market, where multiple offers are presented there is no time for getting verbal buy in. but if a property has been sitting, to me, there’s no reason not to make sure that you are in the same universe before submitting a formal offer. 

I just got my PL Winter addition sitting on my desk this one looks like its got some good articles in it.

You need enough sitting at the dining room table and in the living room for as many as the house sleeps.

So we should not send them any listing that we may interested in, and just sit back and wait for them to send us listing ? 

You need an accountant and tax consultant and a real estate expert to sit down and put the houses in order of their value vs. their cash flow if you and your mom do not plan to go back to regular jobs.

@JamesWise I only recall one encounter with you, about 5 years ago, when you made a cash offer on a building I was selling then came back with financing terms. 

I know that the spreadsheet warriors may disagree, but there is some value in being very liquid sitting on a pile of cash/index funds/interest bearing investments.

Her children are elderly now but family bonds are strong and they still love gathering together so would love a gather spot of retreat like spot for them to sit and perhaps for family to go on holidays for events.

Can you afford to hold onto the property even if it sits vacant? 

No matter how simple you think your system is, somebody else coming in and sitting down and taking over Is probably not going to go as smoothly as you think.