Sec 8 where I live are single mothers with kids aka as high maintenance.

No right or wrong, but I think people highly underestimate some of the medical costs/nursing facilities/etc.

Did your father have a will specifically giving your mother total ownership?

@Gabrielle Martin the mother may be able to refinance anyway with such a small amount on a property of that value.

Airbnb has a security deposit that's not really a security deposit if you dive into that. also in some areas that are not as strong a market, requiring a damage waiver or security deposit may reduce bookings. some people here who have done longer-term rentals such as to travel nurses to get through the winter, find requiring a security deposit makes  some people decide not to take your space

My father passed away a year ago, my mother a few years before that.

We added a bathroom and mother in law suite.

Most everyone will get sone form of assistance and most tenant candidates will be young unwed mothers with little skills or education.

@Daniel Haberkost Hi Daniel, I'm currently doing this with my last house hack that was a house with mother-in-law (I'm renting the mother-in-law part by the room and renting out the top part to a family).So far, it hasn't been any more work than before.

She had signed the lease already, but her husband was wanting it to start when she would be moving in on the 12th (she is a traveling nurse, so it is only her moving in).