I’ve also been looking at Lampasas because it seems like 183 toll rd is stretching that way.

This big bouncer looking dude ( I am sure he was really nice) cruised around like he was bored to death until it was his time to close you on their service.

I call them the “4 d’s.”1) Death- the big D!!

I had an Aunt who lived in one in California until her death.

High motivation is a death,job relocation,having a baby and need more space,retiring and need less space,sickness in family,job loss,divorce etc.Low motivation is wanting a move up home,neighbors are okay but would like nicer area,just want to see if a buyer will pay our price,we want to test the market etc.Sometimes a sellers motivation can change over a short period of time.You need to spot these potential clues when taking a listing.This will tell you that they might not be as realistic today but they will be soon if you work on them a little over time.I could go on and on but I hope this helps some.Any specific questions just ask.

Assuming the house is paid off and they don't need the money badly, why not a typical seller-finance deal with a small down payment and a balloon payment down the road past their expected death so you can refi and cash out to their heirs? 

If I did, I would have starved to death.

As a family, we've had to make several decisions lately based on our average financial positioning, none of them being life or death or anywhere near that serious.

At first I believe the state took ownership of the property but now once notified of the owner's death the brother got a lawyer and got the house.

I'm scared to death to relinquish what I feel is a key to our financial future.