Her sister owned the home and died of cancer 4 years ago.

Of course, with all my baring teeth, the situation is much more complex: I absolutely don't want to inherit this tenant with children and deal with an eviction situation in MA - yet, I need this house for all hosts of personal reasons, including taking care of a family member with advanced cancer.

It's like a Dr saying "Well Fred bad news, ya got cancer, BUT good news, it's only temporary!".

My step mother (who I LOVE to death) has cancer and gave me the "I want to see you start achieving your dreams while I am still alive." speech yesterday and one of those was to start investing in real estate in the next year or less and to move to Florida. 

The owner needed to sell quickly for cancer treatment costs so I did cash to expedite the sale.

Maybe the release is healthy and prevents an internal malignant build up.Whichever way people choose to deal with dishonest individuals I think it is a reality that is this business you will run across them on a regular business.

I really need the funds though, I'm living on SSI, wife is fighting breast cancer, medical bills soaring!!

Even now, I'm pushing for radon mitigation to be required (it's not in Colorado, and it absolutely should be), because it's the number 2 cause of lung cancer, behind smoking. 

It was a grandmother trying her best on social security raising her grandkids . the one grandson about 10 yrs old had brain cancer and they were on a very tight budget with his care .

In addition, these properties frequently have unappealing cosmetic issues (overgrown yards, clutter, evidence of domestic disputes etc.) that are a turn off to your average home buyer.There is an element of being a vulture here, but vultures are an unfairly maligned species.