After boiling away the trappings (money, vacations, donations, etc, isn't it about living the type of life we want? 

We have compiled this list through research and only those vendors with a CAARE member emblem have made a donation to us.They complain about using a REALTORS title company or lawyer, mortgage rep or inspector (Which legally we can make not one single cent from without full disclosure from all sides for any of them).

Once you own them and have the right to get rid of them can you donate them to a scrap yard?

In my experience I always ended up losing or donating to the cause.

Of course there is 1031.and clients of mine to charitable remainder trusts  and or have their own family foundation were they sell and donate to the foundation.. many ways once you get into the higher net worth were you need to worry about this type of thing

We should start a general fund where people can donate/contribute to spending the time and money required to legally punish these people and clean up the real estate investor world. 

If I found a good deal (would pay for itself with rental income at a debt service coverage ratio of at least 1.25 and I would donate my self management to the property) that was not owner carry I would buy that.

Rather than try to fight the way things work (everything has downsides and you can't protect people from every possible harm that may come there way), use "the system" to make a profit for yourself, and give back where you feel it will do the most good (and there is never enough, there never will be).For instance, in this case it might mean making as much as you possibly can (in an ethical manner) and steering a percentage of those profits into something that helps what you feel about.Now you might say that's sideways logic, but really, you can't stop the way things work (they work that way for a reason that generally involves the greater good in some way, such as preventing slums) and those who would benefit from the percentage donation (even if it's not tax deductible, such as a homeless shelter) would never get that money if you had not made a profit.

Some times they are donated to my nonprofit organization I rehab them then sale as affordable housing instead of renting them.

@Nick Clurman,For Sacramento it's about $1,000 for the annual fees depending on which voluntary fees you want to "donate" to/with the association.