Question: how does the mother of your child fit into all of this.

The occupants are a couple and one child who is high school age.

During the time he held title he executed and recorded a Transfer on Death deed naming his two sons as the beneficiaries As Joint Tenants and his grand-daughter (child of one of the brothers) as the secondary beneficiary.

If a child gets behind, a private tutor is hired immediately.

Either way, you should also be able to take advantage of a provision of Prop 13 that allows parent/child transfers to be excluded from getting a new property tax assessment (eg, you should be able to inherit your parents' property tax basis for the purposes of prop taxes). 

He sold it after graduation but in your case, you could keep it and continue the train a moving.It helps your child learn about finances and possibly save money while also providing a low-risk avenue into REI. 

It was a house that the owner's husband had passed and had a 60k child support lien on from the ex wife.

I have my wife, eldest child and myself as partners. 

sad to say but my parents would have to wait to get paid.They would know going in that their money was given out of support for the child.

The wife and I had another child so we needed a 4th bedroom.