.#1 you need a POA (power of attorney) from the seller for you to manage the current home owners insurance policy. 

(To avoid reconnect and start/stop service and provide power for rehab between tenants.)I deal with both here in the Vegas valley.

What seems like a mild request to you comes across as a landlord demand because of the difference in power. 

Flying to Detroit today, Flying back from Cleveland on Sunday.As I leave the laptop comfort behind and venture beyond operating virtually I wanted to revisit the power of having a positive mindset.

Just off the power get a tester screw driver a get it to work

Not an answer to your question but there might be some rebates through GA Power that can help get the cost down (not that that is the issue).

so you can see both sides.. or should she talk to a investors who has a laundry list of questions .. and criteria.. ( I love that one) that is so unrealistic that its simply a waste of time.with my agents only a few were really good with investors.. they knew how to vette them and cut lose the time wasters.. but to say an industry is 95% bad is just a poor statement in my mind.. its just like saying all wholesalers are scum.. or all of anything are scums.. if you choose to work with investors buying low end SFR;s I get it more power to you.. but there is another world out there and for good agents that are investors agents know where the deals are and get fed off market deals.. they simply choose who they work with .. they don't need to take on newbie type buyers..

While there are some key concepts to understand before jumping in (such as the prohibited transaction rules), self-directed investing can be a really powerful alternative to keeping retirement funds locked into the stock market.

The parents are actually trying to relocate back to the area and really want the house...yes daughter is getting power of attorney to handle transactions BUT they decided that they want to try to secure a mortgage loan now (I have seller under contract to pay her $25,000 and the buyer offered $30,000. 

The fact that you don't need a down payment just happens to make it a really powerful investment tool, as the traditional 25% down payment for an investment property is one of the more significant barriers to entry for RE investing.