Do NOT preclude the idea of buying the property (if you like it) out of the estate. Yours is a classic, golden set of circumstances. The heirs more often than not do not want the property and would be very happy to receive a 5% yield on their value, especially for a zero-hassle no realtor commission sale to a proven payer. Those are the easiest RE deals in existence. Don’t worry about a low down payment, your dn pmt is the RE commission they won’t have to be paying.
Thanks for your advice. It sounds reasonable to me. I have returned to college full time and I anticipate graduation next year, at that point I will have to assess my situation. The only down side is that the house is very old and a termite city, so there will be extensive improvemrnt costs afterwards. But hopefully I will be employed full time by them.