I handed a $1.25m check to a widow with 3 year old twins after her husband was killed while cycling during a hit and run accident.

He came from nothing and got his kids into a very good school district, and now his widow(my mom) has social security, his pension, a paid off house, and significant savings to draw on.

Now, about my wholesale situation: Yesterday I put my very 1st deal under contract (a 3 bdrm/2 bath single fam. house).I was so nervous as I sat and worked things thru with the owner--a widow with a teenage son.

Everything that the tenant puts up as a widow treatment requires approval.

He was a recently widowed hoarder of the worst kind BUT the home was a classic.

Remarriages after the death of the first spouse; 3.

The lady wants to sell/get out from under the house but has 2 big problems. 1) The house belongs to her mother (widow) but the mother passed away two years ago.

The example has a woman who is a Widower and lives in a 3 Bedroom regulated apt, but was not asked to down size after her family reduced in size.In defense, however, I would ask how often does this happen?

I came to an agreement with a widow on the sale price of a piece of raw land. 

Imagine a widow testifying before the Texas legislature on how she lost her baby because an asshat landlord refused to timely fix the HVAC system.