I can't do any maintenance myself, two left thumbs, that is not my gift in life. 

We've helped clear out the bad tenants that didn't pay him rent because he was too coward to ask them to leave, we bought him food, he was scared for his life and even asked if I would stay over, gave me a set of keys.

I spent three years of my life on something similar.

You've had a life event, and that should easily qualify you for a new home.  

I am also a senior and thought more about my mortality than theirs but that’s life.

It just seems like people are in a rush to get everywhere, so stressed, and not into the same way of life that I am, the weather is humid, and the cost of living is high.I have always taken the safe route in life, rarely taking chances and also foregoing experiences/vacations until last year.Ever since I was a child, I felt an attraction to the West, specifically Colorado.

Making this decision cut basically everyone out of my life.

I've read "How to Invest in Real Estate", am starting "Set For Life", and have a couple other BP books on hold at my library already.

@Kevin Reed I'm from Indy and grew up in Indiana my entire life.

General advice for the time being (as well as life in general): don't buy a property that you can't pay for in worst-case scenarios.