I paid my mother $300 a month and saved everything else that I could in order to get the down payment money I needed to buy my first house.

Obviously "tweak" the letter as needed to make it more professional or more informal depending on your reader.Many times the BEST DEALS are ones where you are 1 degree removed from the seller - i.e. a friend's grandma, co-worker's mother, church member's friend, etc. * If they are upside down - try to be the end buyer of a discounted short sale. * If they have equity and are facing foreclosure - buy the property, rehab (at least 90 days) and resell.

High overview, the mother passed away in March of 2014 and the property was left in a trust to three heirs. 

I just found out the house is in his father's name (who has the same name) and both his father and his mother are deceased. 

Hey Katy, the house was not built in 2008, Im not sure where that was said, she actually bought the house from her mother two years ago.

Since I'm a newbie to the real estate investing world I'm kind of in a conundrum with a property my mother owns.

I am 26, in a town of approximately 19,000, currently have one duplex as well as my primary residence with a mother-in-law detached apartment that I rent out.

Paneling on the 1st floor will be painted, but kept- we did this at my mother's personal house and it looks pretty good.  

One realtor almost coursed me out and though I was trying to scam her mother.  

I have a friend who is also looking at single family homes with mother in the law apartments that he can rent out.