Seriously, there are a lot of great RE pod-casts. 

your post as it relates to guru's sell how to is pretty accurate in your own way.we are in a new age.. this is how folks in the business perpetuate your business because the new crop coming up watchs those pod cast  Myself I have never watched one and have not even listened to or watched my own..

Rewey  I don't have a pod cast on that topic.. its just a business I owned and ran for a few decades.. that's all.. every city has their go to local HML .. that's my point.. they already exist.

Morris comes from Fox news and had a very popular pod cast on tech.. so he already had a HUGE following.. some how he got it in his mind to start to market properties.. so he did nothing more than other marketing companies do.. ( and you know of what I speak)He then hooked up with a ground partner Oceanpointe.. and he went at it. when his company first came to light on BP myself and a few others comment on HEY this is not even remotely close representation of inner city urban core D and low C class.. even Chris C commented which as you know he rarely does on these types of things.. but it was just so blaringly a case of misrepresentation of  the asset class.So of course to sell for all cash and have no over sight were do you work?..

I try to get at least 3 brokers to give me their opinions on paper ( or email at todays standards  ) .. it sounds like you coukd really benefit from reading more books and watching more pod casts .. but .. there is something to be said from learning from the school of hard knocks also ... if your father sees the potential and you value his opinion then I'd say go for it .. do your very best .. and hopefully you come out ahead .. you can only sit on the sidelines fir so long before you get bored with the game ..

You will find resources here from blogs to pod casts and forums.

It's like trying to promise a loan mod will go through.

. - Start pre-op demo (make sure pre-plannning is still viable) - Bring lockable trailer pod with any materials/installs - Take several deep breaths

I have searched through the bigger pockets forms and pod casts and really have not found the answer that I'm looking for.

There are other issues that can come up besides what you might think you want to do with real property (life estate as you said) and bank accounts (POD as you said); your father could begin to suffer from diminished capacity and might need a guardianship or DPOA at some point in the future, there are advanced directives, POLST forms, benefits planning...