The compete hypocrisy, lack of self-awareness, and utter gall is astounding, I know.

Also it will make you compete with people that have more money than you, more information than you, more experience and a team full of people working with you.

It would be similar to being the last players on an All star team.  

If she has a diagnosis of dementia or someone took you to court and it was clear she was not competent, all of your time would have been wasted anyway.

Not trying to compete - just trying to learn how you've done it, what are the operational hiccups, and how we can apply syndication to single family home portfolios.

Also it will make you compete with people that have more money than you, more information than you, more experience and a team full of people working with you.

But reality is you have a sophisticated seller who bought very low ( when prices were so low 8 years ago) and they don't have a lot at risk.these type of portfolios don't trade at 6 caps  LOL  try double that.. for the investor who is experienced and knows what this is all about.Lastly when these things hit MLS and a commercial broker no less this is the market of last resort.. the big players have all passed.Let me know if you agree at all with my thoughts on this from your vantage point being local there in Philly..    

The two strategies I have been leveraging during these times are leveraging a network of older investors who are looking to liquidate their portfolio which provides an opportunity for new investors to get a great property while not competing against 20 others.

If he is alive, and still owns the property, get a letter of medical competence from him.

We placed an offer @240,000 with an Addendum to meet 5,000 over asking if there were competing offers How did you finance this deal?