". . . she currently has it on the market in another state"
Is it anywhere close to being Sold?Now might be a good time to start working with REALTOR.COM, and learn about what's going on with the other side of your equation.
Many aspects of Real Estate are ever so
B O R I N G until they affect you; and then suddenly, they become very exciting and worthy of research.
If her home is drastically over-priced (wherever it is), versus her competition there, you can use that information to temper your activities here, while knowing that any possible
Pay Day is way off in a Future Time; but this is good practice!
I once had someone actually fabricate the existence of a "Pending Sale" in another State, so I became one of those
"Trust; but Verify" types after that.
I know it may be shocking; but
People don't always tell us the Truth.