Hi, I'm a health care professional in Oregon with developing real estate skills.

@Kyle HerbSounds like the age old question: should I go without health insurance?

To be a landlord I’d get a counseling / mental health degree to deal with insane irrational tenants which is 99% of them .

You’ll have expenses tied up with sending a handyman to the property to address an “emergency” health issue only to come to find out it was a cleaning issue.

Master bath with Jacuzzi tub.

It is the same play they did with health care ...and we know how well that worked..  

I really hate to say this, because I have a very soft spot in my heart for the elderly and the disabled (and that includes mental health issues); but, you don't want to make a commitment like that and then have to deal with a lengthy eviction process which can take a turn in any direction since the tenant is a reported schizophrenic.

This is the only bathroom in the house, and the way the house is set up (fairly small) to fit a new shower and full-length tub in, I'd need to make a small addition to move the washer and dryer into.

Landlords are required by law to provide proper living conditions for their tenants, free from health or safety hazards, often referred to as an "implied warranty of habitability."

My mom, who has some health issues, wants to move back to the area but isn't sure she will be comfortable there by herself (I live in CA, closest family would be NC and she currently lives in WV).