I’m sorry if this isn’t the right sub for this.
My Mom rented an apartment in a city about an hour from where I live. She passed away in August. I inherited her financial advisor who wants me to buy a house/property in the next year. I am hesitant to buy property in my city because I don’t feel like I’ve put enough “roots” down there.
I am currently renting her old apartment as I go through her estate and also renting my own apartment in my city. I have been thinking about asking if the landlord would consider selling my moms apartment to me. This process of handling the estate has taken much longer than anticipated and I have months of work still ahead of me. My mom’s apartment doesn’t make a lot of sense for me right now due to the distance from my job but I would like to retire here/live here later in life. My mom wanted me to live here, she was very upset we had to sell my childhood home after the divorce because she thought it was important to leave me with a home. Her apartment community has tons of amenities and is great for people who might have mobility issues, it’s very accessible, and it seems like a lovely place to live when I’m a bit older.
Obviously I would have to rent it out in the meantime. I just feel really scummy about being a landlord, but the current landlord is a sweet older lady who has been great and charged my mom an extremely fair rate, so I’d do the same. She’s also the first positive experience I’ve had with a landlord so it’s possible not to be a leeching parasite.
I used to see this issue as very black and white because it honestly never occurred to me to factor in inheritance or sentimental attachments.