As a widowed single parent guess what, I walked in those shoes of how tough things are, and take special note that the bleeding hearts only speak of single MOM'S, yeah, how about single Dad's?

It's hidden value was that it was vacant and owned by the widow of a recently deceased businessman in my town, weeds growing up in the parking lot, and trash everywhere. 

Chris Breezy when you look at properties ask the owner for expenses like water/sewer and utility bills and taxes(double check what the owner says on taxes with municipality, they might have discounts like OO star or veterans/widower etc).

One woman, a nurse, was widowed by her husband.

There have been times when I know I could get the property for less but the situation led me to offer more than I knew I could get it for.A good example of this is a house I bought this month from a recent widow.

She's also a widow with a paid off house (my house will be paid off in just over a year). 

I would buy for cash flow and I would give a hand up to those who really need it (not to those who are sucking the system, but those who really need it, orphans and widows) when I hit some success.

Chasing down a widow who just came from the funeral home and is confronted by an opportunist, well.....

He passed before we closed so we closed with his Widow.

One third of that comes from hard work, two thirds comes from inheritance, interest on interest accumulating to widows and idiot sons and what I do, stock and real estate speculation.