Recently my friend's husband died unexpectedly in late 2020 leaving her as the sole trustee and beneficiary.Question:  Because the property was held as community property through a trust, does my friend (the widower) get a full step up in US/CA tax basis to fair market value as valued on the date of his death? 

I'm a 77-year old widow on fixed income, an Asian-American with a special need son. 

As for your neighbors, they could have exemptions like Homestead, widow, military disability and many others that can reduce the amount of taxes.

We got deed in lieu from the widow within 10 days of acquiring the note, and a week later sold for cash to another investor in that area who buys and turnkeys property for out of town investors.

She is 83 years old and is a widow and could use the help around the house so it was a win-win and a way to begin my real estate investment career.

Lots of older womens first names (widows), vacant by definition is absentee...There you have a rambling summary of how hard it is to reach truly begging you to take their house sellers today.  

Being a widow i could not afford that, so they started foreclosure proceedings cause i could not make the pmts.

A widowed elderly woman who wants to sell her house when she's approved for senior housing will definitely jump on 150K.

My purchase prior to this one was a distressed property from an older widow who was relieved to sell as she could not afford to fix and sell or rent. 

Almost 5 years ago, I was approched by a widow about buying rental properties that she and her husband owned.