You should also make sure you talk to your attorney about a release of any liability if somebody claims ownership of any items after the closing and you have discarded the items.

It's more of a gauge as to whether or not you want to dig deeper on this property or discard and move onto another.

Speak to your claims handler before discarding damaged items.Storage tips:a.

With the stuff left behind, be careful about discarding anything valuable because she still legally has possession of the unit.  

If you discard properties out of hand because they don't meet your expectations you may be passing up "the deal of the decade".

The management doesn't want to provide reasoning, only just reinforce that my parents can either discard the new lease and go with the old lease (resigned for the new year) or move out sith 30 days notice.Due to the lack of reasoning, I assume what occured is that at least their duplex was sent a lease meant to be for their apartment buildings where they do intend to include mowing and snow removal and water bill. 

After living in an apartment short-term, I know they send out notices that say they will be removing and discarding all items in hallways or outside designated storage spaces in x days, so please remove items before then if you want to keep them.

Miniblinds are better, but tenants NEVER clean them, and often they need to be discarded due to the time and effort to actually get them clean...only to have the string controls break.

If a property doesn't meet my minimum requirement, then I discard it and move the next one. 

You've received some excellent advice here -- just want to underscore what has been implied in several of the comments: Discard the idea that the property is "valued at 600k" and think about finding a purchase price that will allow you to earn an acceptable profit.