My earliest memory is of my five siblings and I sharing a single room opposite of my father's study, which we jokingly refer to as having been occupied by my father's favorite children, his books.

Think of having to deal with children.

Being a successful small business owner taught me many valuable skills and gave me a great sense of accomplishment, but with the decline of "traditional playthings" and the rise of electronics as children's entertainment, (do you know a young child that DOESN'T play with a 'screen device' more than wooden blocks?)

Your state may be different, but in CA, the surviving spouse would be entitle to 1/3 and the children would, as a group, be entitle to the other 2/3.Since husband is deceased, presuming he did not have a will either not children from a prior marriage, the two disabled children would be entitle to probate Mom's estate.But wait!

I'm thinking about rearranging my tenant's big furniture items and maybe adding a few more other pieces to market the home better.Are there incentives you offered tenants to compensate for the inconvenience of living in a staged home, accessing the property in preparation for listing, open houses, and during escrow?

-Nothing is ever clean thanks to dust from building materials-You constantly have to move furniture from room to room, damaging walls in the process (walls that might already be finished and now have to be re-finished)-Because you have to keep moving things from place to place, it takes much longer to finish tasks (compared to an empty fix and flip, I estimate about 30% longer to finish tasks)-You can never find anything because half of your life is in boxes-Various things like painting and putting in carpet will take even longer because you want to be able to do those tasks at least 1 floor at a time (if not the entire house at once) to save time.

The building is fully rented but I did notice there were no children there.

In other words, the day you achieve $2 million, you can easily retire, never work another day in your life, live off $80K/year, and have tens of millions of dollars to pass to your children, set up a foundation, give to charity, etc.

I have 3 children and currently renting right now, but my primary concern is the safety of the neighborhood.

Remember you are renting to students/children.