This is compounded if she is a lonely, dying elder person.The lawyer involved in the transaction should have provided at a minimum a warning of the risk.I am currently involved in a case from the other perspective. 

Compound this by multiples and you can see that the top earners and savers have the largest incentive to invest..errr..spend their capital quickly and efficiently. 

Over the previous 10 years ending Dec. 31st 2013, the annual compounded return was 7.3% for the S&P 500.Since 1970 the S&P 500 has an annual compounded return of 10.6%.I would be looking for a "premium" to that return.

But it is the slow compounding of secure wealth that makes one rich.

That's good news Brian...I know it can be frustrating working within the confines of the rules governing an IRA or 401k but the power of compounding your profits in a tax deferred or tax free vehicle is too good to pass up.There are all kinds of reports showing the massive tax and financial benefits of investing inside your retirement plan.So I would encourage you continue to research ways to use your retirement monies to build your future wealth.Personally, I look for RE deals where the purchase price has already created a profit for me and I offer the property at a great price and let someone else put in their sweat equity.

Here are the steps:1 - Flip the $250k seed money over a 4 month period, sith a return of 10% (so you started with $250k...and 4 months later, you're at $275k.2 - Repeat step #1, with the additional $25k, same return and time period.3 - Repeat Step #2, including the profit...same return and time period.4 - Add the $30k to the total from the flip in Step $3, and invest it all again...same return, same time period.5 - Repeat steps 1 - 4, 5 times (equals a 6 year period) and you should have a total of around $1.77M (gotta love the power of compounding...)6 - Take the cash, and buy a NNN('s) for cash, at a 8.5 CAP, and you have just over $150k in cash flow/year.

He had asked my dad to partner on the deal, but it was fortunate that he didn't because it was a loser for several years, compounded by a tenant falling asleep with a lit cigarette and burning part of the building down. 

I'd also see if you could sell them on 0.5% per month interest (which amounts to 6.16% per year compounded).

...easy, because all cash buys:1 - ...increases how much the property costs the investor,2 - ...if the property is negative cf with leverage, you can pay for all of your negative cash flow upfront3 - ...It increases the risk you have in the property4 - ...it limits the amount of properties you can gain control over5 - ...it reduces the value of your equity6 - ...it eliminates all of the free equity you get from appreciation and the tenant's rent7 - ...it eliminates the power of compounding from your REI8 - ...it dramatically slows down your ability to quit your job and replace it with rental cash flow9 - ...it takes you longer buy your next property10 - ...it delays the date of profit since your accumulated cash flow has to equal what you paid for the property out of pocket bore you can record any profits11 - ...it,...wait a minute,..., you were asking for the reasons where buying all cash was a GOOD idea. 

Warren Buffett says it’s one reason he was able to amass such a huge fortune.The key to compounding is to let it work over many years.Just look at the chart below… It shows the value of an account growing at 10% per year over 60 years.I call this the “hockey stick” chart because the money grows slowly for several decades, then really picks up speed after about 40 years.If you don’t interrupt it, compounding produces a fortune.Let me know if you know where you can put it and never stop the compounding?