If the seller says, “Oh no, feel free to give us an offer”, then there is your invitation.  

When I return to the country after my Au Pair contract ends, I hope to live in the property as my primary residence and house-hack as well.I understand that investing remotely makes things more challenging, but I am also ready to be uncomfortable and challenge myself in this journey as I know it is 100% possible.

More so that it is uncommon and throws most smaller town contractors into a loop of uncomfortable bidding.

Uncomfortable even thinking/asking this but how do I handle the turnover if he passes away?

This could be coupled with the a dramatic drop in the S&P 500 which would feel pretty awful.

Your park name has now landed on someone's government desk and you will eventually be forced to answer a lot of uncomfortable questions. 

If you're not getting uncomfortable, you're not growing - this is huge!

If you do not feel comfortable pursuing additional growth, I'd wait it out just a bit. 

It can be done quickly but it depends on your willingness to get uncomfortable.

If you answer the phone and there is an uncomfortably long pause before someone talks, it's a machine dialed number and simply hang up and block the number.