The “staging” comes in the form of posting great professional photos online including decorative touches like modern vases, flowers, throw pillows and blankets, table runners, etc.

If the outlets are not grounded (open ground) and the system itself isn't grounded, putting in GFCI outlets won't do any good. 

A new hi-efficiency furnace in a basement will vent through a window outlet, an old furnace vents through a chimney.

For example, in one house that we rent there would only be one outlet close enough to work and it could easily be co-opted for somebodies laptop or phone.

My only suggestion is to add some flowering plants there, to really wow them. 

There are tons of social media outlets for free to advertise your rental.

Look for FPE panels (dated equipment that can cause fires), also look for bare wire, mismatched breakers, older outlets and fixtures, knob and tube, etc.8.

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It sounds like a good deal but mixing family and business is usually a bad idea, particularly when one party is apparently financially weak.I would apply for a standard home loan to buy your parents out. Let

We have used the Sears Outlet before but recently went out of business.. anyone ever used USappliance.com before or have other ideas?