I've wondered about a duplex, and living on one side, I've wondered about buying a house that has a converted garage apartment or a mother-in-law unit that I would live in.

If it's been vacant that long, you can expect to have all sorts of issues, from plumbing pipes and bad seals in every fixture to Mother Nature types of pests and termites.

My Wife and disabled Mother decided that they wanted to live in it after seeing it for the first time, so we could never see eye to eye on the subject.

If someone that is over the age of 55 dies, Tenncare can try to recover the expenses that were paid for nursing home care or whatever.  

I recently had a small "aha" moment and realized that I really enjoy real estate while nursing a work injury.

(The standard photos every buyer or renter wants to see.)Finally, do you think many people are familiar with the term "mother/daughter" with respect to home layouts?

We owned our house in Los Angeles, remortgaged and upgraded a ‘mother-in-law’ apartment behind the garage that my mother-in-law actually lived in for a year.

Back home my mom and dad still live in the house that I was raised in we've been in it for about 17 years now and I spoke with my mother and she told me that the house was half paid off give or take (the house is worth $250,000).

This deal fell into my lap the other day as I was talking to my mother.

Don't senslessly blow your money but don't hoard it to pay for your nursing home.