You're looking for a motivated seller and you're looking to help them sell their house either by wholesaling or perhaps lease  option assignmentsRemember if you act as a principal in the transaction you don't need a license most of the time so you could offer a seller to buy their property on Subject to or on a wraparound mortgage or lease with an option with the intention to assignI would join your REIA president and talk to your president about donating time in exchange for learning the business of real estate investingKnow that this business is first and foremost looking for 4 things:1. 

You might be surprised by how many group homes are donated by parents like yourself. 

I'll probably go more of a volunteering and donating aspect in order to save money on supplies and labor.

Josh you're broke and you have time, so go to REIA's and see if you can't find a way to donate some of your time for free to learn this business. 

A donation to your local land bank may be another option to handle back property taxes, not sure if they work with the utility taxes up there though. 

So I thought what the heck lets give someone a break .. donate some to charity .. and hopefully someone much more tech savvy than me can actually post pictures on BP to chrincle the work in detail, that's part of the deal detailed posts on BP

At our meeting one of the other members requested we donate 2K for a wheelchair Honor Flight purchased to assist our member in laying back during the trip.

There's no excuse for ignorance, though.I also have some pet causes among the local schools and such to which I wish to donate from that pot, not to mention animal rescue, veteran's housing and senior care (since I'm 61 now).David J Dachtera"Success is not a destination.

A non-profit may finance from donations, operational revenue from their non-profit or even profit making activities and they sometimes partner with outer non-profits to meet a the missions of both organizations. 

The average culprit is not an evil corporation or foreign investor - The typical tax evader in the United States is a male under the age of 50 in the highest tax bracket and with a complicated return, and the most common means of tax evasion is overstatement of charitable contributions, particularly church donations.