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17 January 2020 | 3 replies
@Ryan Brakefield unless the family member is giving you a gift then you can't use it for an FHA loan, same with investors.
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17 January 2020 | 11 replies
If you are thinking of deploying OPM (other than maybe your parents' gift money) to House Hack, then you might want to seriously consider your foray into Real Estate Investing.
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25 February 2020 | 2 replies
House gifted.
17 January 2020 | 3 replies
If it's too much of a sweet deal for you, the IRS may say his low sales price is in fact a gift of equity that could result in a substantial tax bill for your father.
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24 January 2020 | 18 replies
Or did you mean you have another source of funds for the down payment, like a gift from family?
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4 February 2020 | 11 replies
@Brennan Davis you can also use gift money from family for a down payment.
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26 January 2020 | 3 replies
I have also used Gift and associates.
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28 January 2020 | 4 replies
True it is cash, and Coinstar will give you gift certificates to lots of places.
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9 June 2020 | 1 reply
There could be gift tax due if she transfers the $100K to you in one year.There are all kinds of different trusts and ways to set them up, so you need to again talk to the CPA and probably the attorney who set it up to find out how it is set up and when the assets of the trust might transfer to you.
24 February 2020 | 4 replies
I don't want to trigger any amounts above the annual gift tax exclusion that would count towards my lifetime estate/gift tax allowance.