I was also getting credit card balance transfer offers at 0% promotional rates for a year to a year and a half and I started transferring my HELOC balances to the promotional credit cards.

Offer discounts for applying in a short time period or- offer a free application fee. 

Do they offer to help you collect or file a claim against them?

Watch out for what gets deducted in home warranty or concessions but those will be in offers you accept. 

The owner didn't have to deal with any of it, as we offered to take care of it for her.

He can spend the next few years-ish getting a finance degree through an online school while working part time, but he just got offered a full time position helping with sales for a local wholesale real estate company. 

Your son is likely paying more than the property is worth, by definition, as the seller would almost certainly prefer a similar offer that was not subject to. 

Ask the investors you meet to work for free or have them walk you through something you don't understand.

Private insurers sometimes offer lower rates.5.

If funding is the priority, using a HELOC while keeping the property in your name offers flexibility.This post does not create a CPA-Client relationship.