NICE GUY" and if necessary, you can and will take different routes. maybe offer $50 gift card for the inconvenience and keep things in good term but you should stay firm and sound more entitled. 

I was gifted a lot in Palm Coast and want to build a single family  rental home. 

But, it's highly unlikely that I would ever make million bucks on any assignment, unless some seller wanted to gift his million dollar worth home to any buyer for $1 and signed a contract with me.

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Lastly, we like to include a $10-15 gift card to Starbucks or Chick-fil-a.I would verbally discuss the options you plan on presenting, following that up with an email outlining the details of the options.

"Most of this year’s holiday shoppers will put gifts on a credit card.

There are some non-QM products that allow "gifts" to be used as down payments on investment purchases. 

I am curious what shape the house was when it was half-gifted to you because reading between the lines it seems like you squatted in the gift and didn't do any maintenance and don't really know anything about owning or maintaining a house.I also don't know why you want to get a rental and be a landlord when a house you got as a gift is a disaster.

Especially since it’s really an infinite year loan that’s 100% forgiven upon your death  like a $2.5M gift. 

A few additional context that may make this a bit more complicated:- ideally the 1031 exchange that I do will then add my wife to the picture with the trust that we have established (however it's easier to do)- the property was previously used as our primary property, but is now a rental property for at least 4-5 years- an alternative is the sibling is open to gift annually up to the gift limit so that we own the property outright prior to the exchange, but that will take quite a few more yearsThank you!