The only way I know of is with gift money from relatives to give you the skin, the other way is to serve in the military and get a VA loan. :)

I know this has been touched on in the past, but things change year-by-year and I thought I'd bring it up again.I'm looking for ideas on holiday thank-you gifts for contractors - what kind of gift do you purchase, at about what price point, and how far down the line of subcontractors do you go (if you go down the line at all)?

There's definitely an interest-rate floor you must pay (otherwise the IRS may view the loan as a gift), but why pay 8% if they'll take 4%?

If the partner puts up the down payment, it will be treated like a gift or a loan.

Gift the money that you were going to use to purchase the house to your parents so they won't have to pay taxes on it.I am not an attorney but consider this my pro bono work for the day.

Usually in most conventional bank transactions, the bank will not allow the $250k to be "gifted" to you as it will be above the "gift" limit (in the case where only you will be the borrower).

Is the income from a Charitable Gift Annuity exempt from income calculations for Medicaid long term care payments?

No more heaters, no more gas stoves, no more hot water.I jumped in my car, purchased two electric heaters for each unit, a $50 gift card for each unit and drove the 40 minutes to the property.

I'd watch out with it being a gift.

Again, in my experience, the tenant will stay until the day before the sheriff arrives.And when they leave, they usually leave a parting gift for the landlord in the form of damages to the property.