<prompt> Human: Recently my mom moved from Indiana to Florida, in with me. I currently rent a 3bed2.5bath townhouse with a roommate and had the extra room for her, so I flew up to Indiana and moved her down here. The reasoning is long and drawn out, but the short version is that she had nothing there and I started fearing for her mental health living out there all alone. I had to do something even if I wasnt prepared.Let me tell you a bit about her financial situation and mine. She is an assistance manager at a Walgreens and makes roughly 14 an hour and works 38 hours per week. Shes 63, so asking her to get a second job is a little out of the question, although once she has the space for it she was considering doing some freelance sewing because she is so damn good at it and used to make decent side money doing it back in Indiana. As for me, Im 27, single and make 105,000 per year salary plus a yearly bonus. I have 19,000 in student debt and 16,000 in car debt, so I dont pay an incredible monthly bill on those two combined.When I first imagined my mom moving down here, I figured she could find some type of housing, but in Orlando its really hard to find any apartment that isnt just awful for less than 900 per month, which is not affordable by her. If she was going to move into one of those type of places, Id be helping her out hundreds of dollars per month and that really isnt an ideal long term solution. I came up with the idea that I could buy a house because I have 19k in a savings account that Ive been working on for a long time to eventually buy a house, and having her move in and pay whatever rent she could pay to me, but that is just unrealistic. So I recently came up with the idea of buying a house with an in-law suite for her to live in, so I could live in my own house while providing a place for her to live.I didnt even imagine Id come to Reddit for this, but after today Im really at a loss. We went to go look at two houses with in-law suites and it had my mother in tears knowing she was such a financial burden on me. The second house I looked at had the in-law suite above the garage, which was detached, so that seems like a fine situation to be in considering the circumstances.Reddit, how do you handle aging parents who cant provide enough for themselves??? What should I do in this situation? Should I move her into some run-down apartment and go buy a nice house for myself? Should I buy a place with an in-law suite? I am just scared that my mom would be living with me for the rest of her life and eat into any personal life I would remotely have. I dont want a Everybody Loves Raymond situation where my mom randomly waltzes in whenever she feels like it.Note that I have one roommate who would likely come with me at least for a year and would pay 800 per month in rent to me if I did buy a house.Please offer any advice you have, I could use any of it right now.  <response>: The second house I looked at had the in-law suite above the garage, which was detached, so that seems like a fine situation to be in considering the circumstances.Just a reminder that while she can likely handle the stairs fine now, in 10 years that could easily not be the case. Youre going to want something on the ground floor for her.Have her check out etsy, I see little old ladies doing brisk business with their sewing on there. Also you might help her try making sewing videostutorials for youtube - if you have a smartphone you have what you need to get started. Theres a lot of potential for earnings there. Ive been doing it just over a year and will make between 700-800 this month, channel for reference I only started because my mother told me her friend was making 1000 a month on there, and most people I talk to are still surprised to discover it can actually make you significant money.If it was me, I would look for a 3br house or 2 br with detached MIL house. Move, take the roommate, and then work with your mom to improve her financial situation. If shes got specialized skills amazing seamstress then her time is worth more than 14hr at Walgreens, and over some time she can make that happen. 