Also you could buy the widow’s half of the property then threaten to sue the kids (hopefully the threat will be enough to get them to agree to take your money and sign over their interest.)

Depending on the previous homeowner's homestead history (how long they have lived in FL, widow, etc), your homestead discount could be completely different. 

Stereotypical eccentric cat lady/widow has lived there for 20+ years.

Stumbled upon a duplex that is very dated but over all in good shape, and owned by an older widow who is getting tired of dealing with the turn over of tenants and is strongly considering selling within the next couple months. 

However, he did have a client recently pass away and his 70 something widow was looking to sell two 9 unit buildings (without a broker) that they have owned since they were built in 1984. 

My mother is 71, widowed, and still lives in the same home she has spent the majority of her adult life in.

Simply installing the new widow flush with the siding definitely will look out of place.  

I’m a widow, have no kids, and just trying to move forward with my life and make my husband proud.

I was a newly widowed mother with 2 kids and at the time my life was a swirling vortex.

Last year, I brought a buyer where the widow (recently married and not willed any portion of family home) almost tanked the sale as she apparently hired an attorney and said she'd contest the sale and the will unless the heirs paid her a portion of the sale, so the kids ultimately agreed to pay her off as they would have lost all the equity in the home if they fought her as it was foreclosing soon as they couldn't afford to make payments.