Do your parents have a cell phone?

In my parents' sink in their house I used the cheap generic liquid drain dissolver product they sell at WalMart (it seriously costs under $1.00 for the entire bottle) - after it sits one boils water and dumps it down the drain per the instructions and it works well. 

So giving a gift card or otherwise finding out the interest of the person you are trying to interact with shows you took personal time to understand them and make a high energy effort to connect.That favorite restaurant could have been where they had a first date, learned they were having a child, kids graduation from high school, whatever.

The home is in a good area close to a very good school that parents are fighting to get their kids in.

My parents 30 year fixed mortgage is currently at about 5% and they have been turned down for refinance due to their fixed/low retirement income.

Personally, I don't have an excessively large portfolio but I get postcards, texts, unmarked letters, and interrupted with phone calls daily on my phones, my husbands phone, and now my CHILD's phone! 

I moved in with my parents to help them and rented the house out after the required FHA occupancy rule.

I had gone to several closings with my parents and had already closed several properties on my own before attempting a closing on my own.Bottom line: If you don't know what the hell you are doing, pay someone.

If the bathroom in question is close to the bedrooms and it is a family house, I'd do a regular tub with a shower as no parent will want to take the kids to the basement for baths (and kids are generally afraid of basements). 

The great investor, Thach Nguyen, lived with his parents until he had twelve rental properties under his belt.