I say go for it as well if you really like the place. What you do will have no effect on the people that owned it, and they might like the notion of you owning it. You'd be kicking yourself if a year from now some lowlife bought it.......
Thanks Scott, and everyone. I just had that little Moral dilemma in my mind. The family is so broken up, and their grandmother has not the resources to keep it going.
I'll be looking into an acquisition this week and see what happens.