If you're going to rehab the room, I'd go for the vent operated by the light switch and the issues re sealing the widow go away.

- How do I lower the expectations of the owners children (they are adults) after the previous agent listed it at Zillow's full estimated price - despite the fact that nothing has been done to the house since their father/the widows husband died some years back.

Recently my friend's husband died unexpectedly in late 2020 leaving her as the sole trustee and beneficiary.Question:  Because the property was held as community property through a trust, does my friend (the widower) get a full step up in US/CA tax basis to fair market value as valued on the date of his death? 

She is 83 years old and is a widow and could use the help around the house so it was a win-win and a way to begin my real estate investment career.

Lots of older womens first names (widows), vacant by definition is absentee...There you have a rambling summary of how hard it is to reach truly begging you to take their house sellers today.  

Being a widow i could not afford that, so they started foreclosure proceedings cause i could not make the pmts.

A widowed elderly woman who wants to sell her house when she's approved for senior housing will definitely jump on 150K.

My purchase prior to this one was a distressed property from an older widow who was relieved to sell as she could not afford to fix and sell or rent. 

Almost 5 years ago, I was approched by a widow about buying rental properties that she and her husband owned.

That's why 95% of millionaire households in the USA, according the IRS, are either headed up by a married couple or a widow/widower.