[Drew68]

In fact, the law probably permitted what she might have done (set aside amounts to cover utilities). This was not just a crooked slumlord, it was an evil crooked slumlord.

She wasn't even an evil crooked slumlord. She was only pretending to be an evil crooked slumlord after the real slumlord died.

[HiTech RedNeck]

Someone would have normally been placed in charge of his estate pending its ultimate disposition. In this case maybe it was a fake evil crooked slumlord. (Slumlady?)

Grifter, thy name is human.