So she doesn't feel safe anymore as her car was broken into (presumably on the property), there is mold in her unit and a crack in the wall? 

hey @Charlie MacPherson I didn’t see you wrote this other post in here.

We have five kids...my wife could wipe poo off a non-moving, silent, flat surface in her sleep.Sounds like a good one...go for it.

Could you ask your wife if there was a particular podcast episode or book that planted that seed for REI in her?

And if you wouldn’t mind sharing strategies you used to overcome your obstacles or any other suggestions you have for someone like myself, I would welcome that as well.

What do you think your biggest obstacle was to overcome to purchase?

@Albert Vega if you don't need the income now, as you stated, and you are financially able to take on the inherent risk of financing, my advice is basically always to leverage your capital. 

@Rick TurmanHi Rick I don't have a ton to add here other than the observation that any time I've ever explored the possibility of sharing equity with a contractor, AND paying them for their work (time) - there's an inherent conflict here that cannot really be resolved - my experience here is that it's a bad idea to try to accomplish both these things.I don't have much to add on your entity structure, etc. 

Uranium) the government can execute eminent domain on your property and we are also bound by land ownership limits since the end of the Mexican Revolution of 1910 (which was made to stop the wealthy hacendados abuse over the farmers) and gave place to the communal property known as Ejido (major obstacle in the development of suburban gated communities in my hometown)

If she doesn't need to live in her home any longer I would think selling that and moving into a place for significantly less money may make the most sense.