The question is does she have legal claim.”If the will states the kids are owners to the land.

With having young kids and working full time, being able to buy a house that needs mostly cosmetic updates that I can do myself would be easier than buying a property I would have to travel to without the family to work on. 

In the Biden era, this might be just a work at home thing :)  Just kidding, sounds like Patricia has the key strategy to avoid the perils as you get it all turned around.

My goal is to buy my family home (wife and 2 kids) in about a year, but don't want to wait a year to get started on Real Estate investing if I don't have to. 

I guess I was unnecessarily  worried with college kids living there. 

Thanks for doing this so close to Christmas so maybe my wife will send it to my kids to get a couple of bottles for the billiard room.Anyway...I've tried Woodford Reserve, Buffalo Trace, Booker's, even Blanton and of course the staple of Maker's Mark (I'm an ambassador) but I keep coming back to Evan Williams. 

I've seen things like young kids hanging out there and even people using it as a dump zone.What are my options with this property next door?

Don't drive a new car to town; we have some of the best body and mechanics in Texas - in chop shops.Ah, just kidding. 

Before you go hiring someone off some site, see if there are any neighbors with kids.

Your not going to get the products for half off retail, so don't kid youself.