Should I ask the daughter to appoint me as executor of the estate in order to let me deal with the court in addition to a quit claim deed or be going another route entirely?

First Financial Bank is very investor friendly and I believe they will be able to to do everything you need with the exception of having locations outside the Cincinnati market. 

I am absolutely obsessed with real estate, and I cannot wait for the day I obtain financial freedom doing something I love.

Look at the financials.

Spend the next year or two saving, improving your credit and learning everything about real estate, investing and financial management.

Of course, especially while having a regular 9-5 to get up and go to every day but I was committed and I still am to my goal of creating a rental portfolio that can help me eventually achieve financial freedom.

So I don't have the complexity of paying of existing mortgage.Thanks,AnimeshIf it was anyone else, I'd say hold the note yourself and become the bank since it's paid off...However, since it's friends/acquaintances, and the last thing you want to do is take them to court (for note gone bad), you'd probably want to approach a RE attorney and a title company (is my guess...)Haven't dealt with it myself but I'm sure others will chime in with more specifics.

My goal is to achieve financial freedom by 35 and I am well on my way to doing so.

This is completely legal and has withstood many court cases.

I would be doing so well on this house financially if the foundation walls had not moved on me.