This could add extra economic incentive to build more starter homes. 

@Kenneth Soles  I have done this too many times to count.and after all the years of dealing with folks that lost their home be it tax foreclosure ( very very rare on the west coast by the way)  or Trustee or Sherrifs sale ( most common).Rent back can work but usually turns into an eviction shortly .Sell it back is another pipe dream.. unless your willing to owner finance it.. then you have the dodd frank stuff if you want to be letter of the law compliant.

Or, as of now I don't see anything that would prevent an option in which folks could take it a step further and move into their ADU, if they're willing to make a larger sacrifice, and rent out their main property as the STR.

I liked buydowns for folks who needed/wanted the lower monthly payments.

Most folks think that this is referring to a practice called basis shifting which would allow your moms estate to sell property to you at an inflated price in order to take advantage of the tax free step up in the estate.  

In my state, TN, the law states that if you do not have a forwarding address, you are to mail the accounting of their deposit to the last known address and if it is not received there the extra deposit, if any, is to be forwarded to the state unclaimed money program. 

Talk to a local realtor to ask about after reno estimate on the place, but just because you put in $160K in renos, doesn't mean the place is worth an extra $160K.  

You can look for probates, as an example of folks who aren't necessarily aware of the value of a house, and just want to unload it. 

I guess I'm just looking to reach out and interact with folks in the Baltimore and Memphis areas both.

I go to people who hire my remodel business and ask what I can do extra...