For the son to qualify for the $250k exclusion, I believe he would most likely need to meet the ownership and use test, meaning he needs to own and live in the home as his primary residence for at least two of the last five years before the sale.

So, only chance in hell it has is via the BIGGEST action of it's kind EVER in US history, with coordination between the insurance carriers, and home owners.

Purchase price: $185,000 Cash invested: $5,000 Sale price: $220,000 Occupied by my in-laws.

let them know you want their official answer for posts and information is posted on social media and the newspapers before you post anything so they have a chance to review it. 

The money will come with any of the skills you acquire for this.My opinion, if she has a lot of time on her hands, already has skills like cold calling, sales/door knocking, etc. she could be in a great position.

Let alone the chances of ending up successful. 

I learned about them from a Rent to Retirement podcast where they interviewed a former W2 FT sales guy in tech (that's me today...) turn real estate investor.

Let's clarify this real quick,I understand this model wouldn’t work for every property owner, especially those who are looking to sell outright and walk away from the property entirely, and the approach isn’t designed to replace a traditional property sale. 

@Jared CarpenterPhoenix is a strong market for home sales and the competition has been pretty strong for the last few years now as the markets have recovered greatly from 5-6 years ago.

Since both lots had the same mailing address, this was the address used by the foreclosure attorney when posting the sale.