I can see her wanting a stable housing environment, especially if she has MS. 

I got interested in tax deed investing because a friend from church was doing it with money he made from his fishing business.

Gino, overall I think Lakewood still works pretty well for a house hack in the low interest rate environment that we’re in.  

People have different opinions about buying in such environments, but I'm more curious as to how to even find out what you're dealing with.

Development is a big fish arena but possible especially if you have the dirt already.

That's what makes the turnkey environment great for people in a similar situation as you that want a buy and hold property.If you have or can acquire the funds to do the rehab then you could buy one or more properties that need work and still go slightly above the funds from the 1031 in the purchase price.

I had a Pelican fishing kayak float in last year.

This was only an inconvenience in a high interest rate environment.

The more nets you cast the more likely you are to get fish.

It is a great investment environment.