Time to have a substantive discussion with your parents about what they most want to happen and what is practical in the circumstances.

Sending vague information can be seen as a solicitation or "pretexting" under the color of some other matter that then leads to other solicitations, this is a touchy area.Need to spill some more beans, be more specific, what are the circumstances, are you the buyer, really are you the buyer, what is the purpose of contacting them, at what point are you contacting them, what are you asking of them??????

They will also grant an extension in circumstances like this as well.

They have a residency requirement of 12 months (unless special circumstances occur). 

I'm looking at the exact same circumstances and this information is good to hear from the experienced.

Well in most circumstances, anyway.

You can ask questions that are pertinent to your circumstances, as each individuals' situations are different.

Don't get me wrong there are circumstances were it only takes 2-3 touches, but it is not the norm.

We have an interested party who wants to take it off our hands (which would cut out one party who was the finance on this deal - he is ok with it) and we are aware that under normal circumstances a short sale property cannot be re-sold for 91 days - or should we say the title cannot be transferred to be exact.For reasons I won't bore you with, this could be a good option for us to still make some money on a property that even with our wholesale fee leaves an end buyer with a nice profit!  

Basically there are no properties with equity that get to the sale unless the owner, through some quirk of circumstances, rebuts all offers.