All told you may be waiting several years for a decision during which you'll be making payments on the $60k, probably paying for insurance on a house you may or may not own and unable to even enter it and possibly paying the property taxes if mom's estate doesn't pay them to keep it from going to tax sale.Then to add insult to injury, if you lose and mom and her estate get to keep the house free of your deed and your mortgage, you then get to argue about the value of the house when you bought it, because that's your loss under the policy. 

Well it looks like I've finally found some BiggerPocket members in my neck of the woods. 

After looking up "Lincoln Military housing litigation" I come up with a situation where a contractor under obligation to provide base housing on behalf of the Navy is in the courts because of "personal injuries and property damage" from MOLD. 

Back in 09  the GFC I was buying foreclosures in Fort Meyers ( lehigh Acres) FLA  basically brand new never lived in 3 and 2 1600 sq ft homes and I was paying 30 to 40k for them.. at that Time I was telling my wife that is some of the best deals in the entire world for a family to buy.US health US schools new homes all for 30 to 40k.. of course I just flipped them for 60k as soon as I could .. but you get the drift.there are still areas of the US I work were you can buy a decent home that is livable for under 50k Especially in Jills neck of the woods and a little east over into PA..

I am amazed at what condition many properties are in that we take over, and wonder how the previous owner escaped without an injury claim.The second risk, albeit a distant second in terms of impact to your financial health, is that the cabin can't be managed properly for you to make any money. 

I really like the Ogden/porters neck area and around the university is very popular!

Big burly mofos with neck tats that smell like diesel fuel.

Some 2012 Wisconsin specific data stated only 2.92% of personal injury trials going to court, which was 115 cases.

I have litigated/defended premises liability cases (death/injury at rental property) in multiple states, and I use this experience to help my clients understand what really happens when something goes wrong.

Most likely the state where the property is located is where lawsuits would be brought if they are something for personal injury like a trip and fall or something of that nature because the “cause of action” arose in that state.