I have already asked the tenants to sort or donate the extra stuff that they no longer need, but that request was flatly ignored by all.  

I would donate 10% to my favorite charity/church.I would pay off any personal debt that I hadI would add to my emergency fund to have a minimum of 8-10 months reserves The remainder would then give me my foundation for determining which direction to invest and I would prepare a shortlist of my Top 3 prospective investments and then research each of them and their attributes and pick the one (s) that meet my defined goals the best.

I'm LA born and raised, but my parents are from NorCal, so feel free to ask any questions about your next destination.

"good neighborhoods", the class A school districts where parents want to send the children to school you won't find a lot of great deals.

At the time of my parents' passing several years ago, they still lived in New England, where they raised our family, worked full-time, and invested in several 3 flat rentals. 

(Yes, yes, I know - parents need to control their kids better and all of that.

My parents own investment properties, mainly triplex's.

For the record, I hated getting my bachelors degree in my late 30's, hated going to college, hated but was grateful for saving money living with my parents (awkward when you;re 37 and to them you;re still their little boy) but thru perseverance and taking 21 credits every semester and 12 credits in the summer, I banged it out.

I was wondering if I could as my parents for a PML but my problem is how would I be able to make such deal work?

I'll try to keep it short. Wife and I are interested in buying her mom's home. We currently own a town home, have a young family, and have been gearing up to start looking for something larger. Mom wants to sell it fo...