I have a friend with an apartment complex in South Carolina and he throw's the athletic department a small donation every year and has 100% occupancy rate... funny how life works like that. 

Offer your tenants FAIR MARKET RENTS, and if you want to be charitable I am happy to accept donations!

I would prefer to have minimal bills and a ton of money and paid for cash flowing properties and although I too may be in a higher tax bracket, but we'd be trying to figure out which kid to gift money too, or pay for college, or vacation somewhere or donate money too.

From my over ten years of fundraising for non-profits, and private institutions for multiple organizations and for multi-million dollar funds, the number one reason people convert to donating is based on the relationship you establish. 

So - for me - the positive cash flow from owning the asset and having the deductions was $3,049, the negative real cash flow from operation was -$2,184, resulting in a real net positive cash flow of $865...AND I spent around 20 days at the cabin last year, allowed my dad to stay 4 nights, and donated 6 nights to charities of my choice.I hope this was helpful to you and others.

Because it will allow me to donate $150,000 per year to charity, $50,000 towards new investments (or flexibility), and I can live a very comfortable life with a budget of $100,000.

On the flip side, pun intended,  I really dig the fact that they donate $100 from every loan! 

Mostly I spend much more than I used to and do not really know why we spend so much (we do donate more but that is a small percentage of our monthly expenditures).So I do not behave as though I am set for life except for possibly on the amount we spend.I thought of retiring from my W2 job this year but did not. 

These are family's retirement plans not play money.This $25K+ that I will certainly lose could have been donated to something like "A Hero's Home" @Jay Hinrichs, but instead it goes to line the pockets of these unabashed criminals.

If approved, we simply pro-rate the rent on exiting and incoming Tenant; coordinate, but do NOT "lock in" a start date for new term until keys are turned over and move out condition is documented; and we require a written agreement if any furnishings or other property is "donated" to the incoming Tenants.