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.

It could be an Airbnb investor, a retired couple, a newly married couple, a widower, a LGBT couple, a property management company, a wealthy Arabian with oil money, a wealthy central American with drug money, etc.You're selling your property, period. 

If the lien holder is deceased, do the redemption rights pass in to their widow or heirs?

Tenants pay all utilities.The elderly widow seller wouldn't lower price further or owner finance.

Here's the story of exactly that:http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/judge-upholds-sale-widows-home-bill-23503592How does this make us look?

The guys went to the gold mines, the widows stayed in town & owned the boarding houses, restaurants).

@gerald Williams@Gerald Williams JrIt wasn't a "him" it was an elderly widow in the her mid 80's that was taken advantage of.

When I was widowed at 52 I was left looking to start over. 

She is a widow and the property has went down slowly over the last 20 years.  

@Amiris Brown obviously I wouldn't live there if I was you but you want a number, I grew up in Mexico City being a the son of a Developer, we were a target so we have armed vehicles as well armed widows and doors in our house so I called up dad see if he remember the cost and he said for our 2,300sq high raise condo, cost was around $180,000 back in 1992.