Do you have any suggestions to prevent tenant breach contract?

If you have equity, and the "unfinished" items wouldn't prevent sale (roof, furnance, etc.)

§An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Of course if you do not have any siblings and you are her only heir, then these issues would not come into play.Also to add I would be sure you have significant reserves so that you do not face foreclosure on her house due to a lay-off or another significant stressor which could prevent you from making the payments.

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I would suggest a policy of only allowing tenants to have friends sleep over one night per week, to prevent this problem I mentioned.

Traditional financing would be the standard route, however there are some challenges preventing that. 

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There are segregation of duties between real estate agent, lawyer, and property management What else should I do to prevent any chance of fraud or be taken advantage of as a long distance investor?

What are the risks that would prevent you from achieving those goals.