It’s a long shot but if the decedent was ill or very elderly it’s possibly someone was helping as a power of attorney before death.

And if she signs a contract it could possibly be deemed elder abuse that we took advantage of her.

An elderly gentleman in his 70's has a few old rental properties that sit vacant and uncared for.

@Ashley Zhang There are definitely other strategies besides "driving for dollars" that can give you good results.Targeting demographics - buy a list of properties of elderly owners (60+ years of age), who do not live in the property and have owned it for at least 10 years;For sale by owners (Zillow, Craigslist, FSBO.com, etc.) - even if you can get them down a few thousands you can assign the contract for a fee - a lot of FSBOs do not know how to market or sell their properties;MLS - you can use the MLS to locate properties to wholesale or flip, but you have to do it a certain way, which can be harder for a beginner;and several others, but this is a start for you.

It is filled with elder people on social security.  

I am in NYC, have an elderly tenant that should be in a nursing home but refuses to go.  

We are falling further behind  market with our two elderly, long term tenants.  

Women were raped, preteen to elderly.

I've been talking with an elderly homeownder who is house rich, but cash poor, and has fairly low income.

Housing and Urban Development's Secretary Alphonso Jackson today announced $18,440,932 in Section 202 Demonstration Planning Grant (DPG) funds will be awarded to 75 sponsors that provide supportive housing for elderly projects.