It does take more work to be a landlord, but everyone has a difference tolerance level.

Part of it is gonna be based on how much capital you have to invest - if you’re cool using certain types of leverage, your risk tolerance and so on.

The answer to this question will take into account your mother's goals on how the money needs to work, transition plans in the future, risk tolerance, asset segment preferences (retail, industrial, MF, self-storage, etc.), and many other factors.

This level of organization ensures that nothing is overlooked.Remember, risk tolerance increases with experience.

I find that 'smoking violators' are the ones who will challenge you on security deposit offsets and claim that 'they tolerated the smell since moving in.' 

Just another thought, but again its all about what you feel comfortable  with, your long term goals and the risk tolerance. you are still young and you have a lot of time to grown you portfolio. good luck with your final choice but from what I have seen so far, you posting on Big Pockets and reading thru different post is a massive resource of knowledge and information which means you have made the right choice as a start.

It completely depends on what goals, risk tolerance, and what you want real estate to do for you.If you're looking for a new market, I'd consider the long term: is it an area that is showing growth (job projection growth, new industries, large employers moving in such as Amazon, Target, Tesla, etc.).

It really just depends on your confidence, personality type and risk tolerance.

There’s no one right decision for every investor since we all have different lifestyles, goals and risk tolerances.

This is all going to depend on your goals and risk tolerance.