She is the widow owner of a two family residence in MA.

One doesn'tOne leaves his wife and kids to go to work, wondering if they're going to be widowed and fatherless this evening.

The owner was a widowed elderly lady who was living in a nursing home and her children were left with the home to sell. 

It is in a solid neighborhood town in a good area, just a situation which appears to be a widow who does not want to deal with renting.

Offer the owner's widow an extra 5k or something to extend the date the balloon payment is due.

I contacted the family and discovered the owner had passed away without a will and there kids from two marriages and his widow and it took over a year to get the Title cleared so it could be sold.

(ps: in side note I used to follow Shah biography, I'm wondering if the widow of the Shah is still living in Paris ).

Ask his widow, for a list of every person he has fathered or adopted, no matter how long ago.

I own multiple bldgs in Chicago and always have work that comes up (Leaky faucets, painting, broken widows, etc).

There is some framing and drywall that was put up, but that's about it.There are a few obvious things that would need to be done in order to bring the basement rooms up to code, e.g. widow wells in bedrooms and a walk-out to qualify as a second unit.