Simply schedule time for an inspection during your option period (due diligence window in Texas) and you'll have the information you need.

When tracing back the steps that it took for me to purchase my first rental property, I realized that those dots were connected over a period of seven years.

Once you become the owner, contact them, express your condolences, and get an update on the plan.I had six tenants die in a five-month period (Nov 2020 - Mar 2021). 

Otherwise, UC payments are around 25% of one's wages / salary during their eligibility period, depending on the state.

So yes, you can ask.Your PA will determine the next steps though...are you in the inspection period, did you sign off on inspection etc....but I wouldn't back down w/o some solid answers. 

Over a 7 year period I think it will be an attractive investment.  

At the end of the 3 year period is it necessary to request a tax deed or can you go straight to foreclosure and quiet title?  

What you are referring to here is called the seasoning period.

Get with your lawyer, but maybe you could utilize special option period clauses & simultaneous closes to only sell your property if you found a suitable replacement?

As part of the agreement, the servicer added arrearages for interest and costs—including unpaid taxes, insurance premiums, and other expenses of the underlying loan—to the new unpaid principal balance and re-amortized the new loan over a 30-year period.