Here’s a rather simple LEVERAGE example.  

I would highly suggest renting to them.

I would suggest networking.

Any thoughts on any of these or open to other suggestions.   

I think your suggestion is the right thing to do, but if there is another way that this can be done so that my offers look as strong as the other guy’s I certainly would like to consider it.

And not sure of the ages of her 2 children from that marriage, but maybe suggest a large portion of it should be going to a trust, LLC, some entity where you invest in property as Trustee or managing member for their future.  

Something I wish I would have done earlier on was follow KISS (keep it simple).

Ken, what do you suggest, a separate LLC?

It was recommended to me that I get a structural engineer on property to do an inspection but that costs $1500 so I'm not sure if I should spend that money or just get the work the original company suggested done.

I'd also be managing the tenants and leases myself.Any suggestions or examples of what you did in the past that could be applied to this?