I work at Scott AFB and bought a house in Shiloh (turns out it probably wasn't a good 'investment', but I'm enjoying it so far).

We will have another event eventually where they have to lend money for the price of a VCR, this won't be the last of the low rates we enjoyed...

She is too old to deal with tenants, maintenance, and she wants to enjoy the rest of her life.

You also mentioned leases, which key check offers for $30 with e-signing.https://www.keycheck.com/I've been a partner agent for nearly a year and enjoy hearing that client owners love Furnished Finder.  

Enjoy the process, the pain is short term.

I was thinking of mailing the two neighbors and asking if they would be interested in purchasing versus someone else (or myself) who would likely build on the land which they have enjoyed vacant for some time now.

I know this sounds like a dating profile but I'd really love to find some people to just hang out with and talk/learn as we enjoy company.

I enjoy how the work takes me to different places around the city. 

With this development added, we lose some of the rural benefits we enjoyed, add more traffic and have to deal with road and home construction for a while. 

But it will help you understand if you like this kind of investing and enjoy the underwriting and stuff.Feel free to DM and I'd be happy to share some more opinions and experiences