And here:  https://www.smartertravel.com/bad-neighborhoods-new-orleans-warnings-dangers/Note where it says, "Gang violence has increased in the 6th District, which includes Central City, the Garden District, Hoffman Triangle, Irish Channel, Touro, and Zion City, where there have been shootings and homicides. 

@Will Fulton think about making those touches via multiple channels, rather than using one channel multiple times 30 days apart.

I am currently watching the "Beginners guide to real estate investing" playlist on the BiggerPockets YouTube channel.  

I suspect the AWOL contractor, who had given me an offer to buy the property, but didn't perform... suspected that I would stay on his hook to sell it to him, and has been channeling money into it.

This requires a level of multiple entity communication and coordination that a title company usually is uncomfortable with. 

However, for most syndicators it's too low a number for the amount of cost and communication on their side. $50k tends to be the going rate for the bottom end. 

Yes, I agree, they are terrible sometimes in communication with potential sellers.

Make sure it's the same email address that she has used to communicate with you in the past, so tomorrow she can't come and say that it is not her email address. 

Make it to that two year mark and are 100% self-sourcing with high levels of service and communication, the momentum starts to pick up on its own because your past client Sally tells her coworker John about her great experience with you, and so on... no one does that with car salesmen, but they sure as hell do with their LO that worked with them to put them into their first house.

Assuming her net worth is below the estate tax cap ($11MM, I think), you wouldn't pay taxes when you inherit her estate upon her passing.If the question is control over her assets and the ability to make financial decisions, you really should speak to an estate lawyer about setting up power of attorney, etc. and making sure that your mom's wishes are properly documented and communicated.