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28 May 2015 | 1 reply
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2 June 2015 | 14 replies
You can work out where they could drop a fat gift card on the floor somewhere later.
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31 May 2015 | 21 replies
One thing to keep in mind is that, when investing in real estate you can't always use gift money for the downpayment for the mortgage if you're going traditional financing.
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5 June 2015 | 7 replies
Will fixing this place open up other options(knocking down the crappy place next door, putting in a playground and gifting it the city with a bit of an endowment, etc) for investment?
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24 June 2015 | 11 replies
If we get our usual guy at Lowes then we use online gift cards to fund the LAR account and get another 8-10% discount.
5 March 2016 | 10 replies
You can take out of your IRA, 401k or have it gifted to you but you can't borrow from Lending Tree for example and use it as your down payment.
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16 April 2017 | 40 replies
I even plan to offer some gifts for special occasion to tenants who pay on time to reward them.
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23 June 2015 | 5 replies
But in Texas you can sometimes accept "gifts" (not money) of up to $50 value for each transaction.
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25 June 2015 | 1 reply
You would possibly have some estate and gift tax implications as well.
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11 September 2015 | 23 replies
So I think to myself hey this would be a great gift for my girlfriend since she talked about it the other day.