She is widowed and soon to reach the point in her life where looking after the house is too much work.

the best deals i've had were where there was no competition..motivated sellers, probate, absentee landlords, inherited properties and widows, etc.

She has a two bedroom house where we could start doing it,but I'm nervous about that since its a house, I live in a doormanbuilding in NYC and feel more secure.I know this is a confusing question but I am so stressed outliving in the city and miss my sisters, I love the cultural varietythe city offers, but as I am getting older, and a widow..  

I did have a real estate agent mentor me at the time who knew who was a widow or widowed & were having a tough time maintaining their properties or were thinking of selling.

It is an old widow who is part of a tight ethnic community in the area.  

If you want egress windows, now is the time to add them as well as the big widow wells and proper drainage for any window wells too. 

Once they start breaking it down into the different family situation categories, then the patterns look interesting- especially widowers vs. widows. 

They didn't want banks calling loans on widows and children when the main wage earner had just died. 

It was a widow's home whose crawlspace dryer vent was loose, the moisture barrier was only partial coverage, the deck wasn't flashed, and the downspouts were neglected.

Most make minimum wage and are either divorced, widowed, elderly or post graduates just not wanting to move back in with mom and dad while looking for a job.