Sums up the entire experience.EMPLOYMENT VERIFICATION:Call employer and confirm: Current IncomeType of employeeDates of employmentIn some cases, if it's a large corporation (employment verification) or apartment complex (rental verification), you need to go through a couple of extra steps and sometimes provide written consent to get this information.Warning: If they are a bad tenant, then the current landlord may say amazing things about them (to get them out of the current unit) -- sad, I know.

He has an agent that he works with (sadly before I got my license) whom he asked to door-knock about this house.  

However, the parents are still alive (but sadly close to the end of life) so obviously the kids would lose the benefit of basis step-up if they sell prior to death. 

Yes it’s very sad I work in the medical field and see this a lot homelessness in the elderly is rising.

They have been in the house for nearly 60 years and, when I've brought up that we would like to be them out when they're ready to sell, they've told me that just makes them sad to think about it.

Sadly, REI is such a scammy business - i dont know why- so many folks preying on newbies and neophytes....if those folks knew what they were doing in RE they would be doing that instead of selling their program.

Sadly Renters have no concept how expensive homeownership is or how numbers truly pan out .

Sadly, they never actually hear what I am saying. 

It's likely the environment they grew up in, but it's sad all the same.  

Sad thing is she is actually the manager of the office.