He currently works at a home improvement store in their commercial sales area, so he talks to a lot of the local flippers and it is something that he has become very interested in.

I pay for mentorship, but usually if the person has a good online presence where I can see all of their items before seeing if they can guide.

There are plenty of ways to get involved and experienced on a salary.Don't forget corporate real estate divisions, Wal-Mart has a real estate division, there are folks that do nothing but travel around locating new store spaces, chain restaurants, auto parts stores, JC Penny, Sears (I know they are closing stores but the staff is still there to do that as well) Hedge Funds, banks, insurance companies.....long list of commercial management positions inside the corporate world. :)

Partner with them, bring them in the store front.

I've been lucky in that all my previous condos were bought vacant which allowed me to get in and renovate and change our wear items which gives me long term peace of mind.

I've never worked with Direct Buy but you will want to get materials from stores that stock items.

. - I'd love to hear exactly which items and how you challenged them regarding your closing costs savings.

@Parker Tankus I just came across this Google Docs video and thought you would definitely find this useful.Check out the video here http://techcrunch.com/2014/03/11/google-launches-add-on-store-for-google-docs/.

If you are familiar with Dave Ramsey this is what he calls the debt snowball. 2)  If your parents want to get out of maintenance issues they can sell each house in item 1 with owner financing as it is paid off, they will have residual income but no longer be on the hook for maintenance.  

Used appliance stores will take appliances that they can recondition and resell.