I want to earn stable, passive income that can afford me time to enjoy my life, and pursue other deals.  

I am excited and anxious to start this new phase in my life.

lookinh to buy n hold , 

Afterwards that felt I should have thanked you for sharing your REAL LIFE success!

Life expectancy is much higher, they cost less and if ever glass unit has to be changed, it is much easier as vinyl windows come with glass stoppers that just pop out and then back in. 

Yes, they will leave "some day" but you will have created a working partner for life as well.

The idea there would be, is it fair to the sons to burden them with a almost a full life cycle of the loan for a debt that grandpa as PR and Mortgagee had material knowledge of, failed to deal with but still may be entitled to some form of recovery?  

I want to break into investing in income properties, and build wealth over the next phase of my life.

So the real question you should be asking yourself is what do you want out of life?

You may have to pay something for it, but it isn't a large amount.The only cautionary note is that some community owners, including myself, go to considerable lengths to avoid appearing in those documents so not every file is going to list all of the actual human owners.