The only thing I would add is a slight recommendation to the pathway of first a house hack, then a few rentals that need to work and you learn how to raise the appropriate capital and management skills then move to something with some moderate rehab and maybe even a flip.

research Real Estate ETF's (exchange traded funds)

They fully believe that I have the discipline, motivations and ethics to not mislead them if I let them know I'm going into another, more lucrative business.To keep it short, I've been successful in 2 areas for a long time, Real Estate and trading stocks.

We would like to approach not only her folks with a deal where we would trade her inheritance in the home for equity in the property and buy her siblings out for ownership in the property.The reason I ask this is because we want this to be all above board and everyone agrees to the deal so there are no hard feelings should/when the time come to pass.  

We have all the trades, vendors and pricing that the large companies get.

Learn the property management skills with 1st one too.

Apply for new jobs, expand your skills in your current field, get a second job, Teach USA program or the military (pays back student loans) are a few ideas for improving your bottom line in the near future.  

. -  I don't know what the trade laws are between the U.S. and Canada, but figured i throw that in, do find this interesting though and something to learn about.

It really depends on the market and the median sales prices.. as some have stated above when you have these low value homes through the mid west rust belt and deep south that trade for the price of cars.. there is only so much an agent can do for you...

Of course, but I also have learned some valuable tricks of the trade because I have fewer hours available to fuss with it. i.e.