However, gifts made outside the U.S. are not subject to any gift tax.There are also special rules with respect to gifts from a NRA to a U.S. taxpayer and vice versa.

As the appreciation return rises, the cash flow return can go down (and vice versa). 

The people being dealt with have likely gone through a lot, so an approach to helping the family vice, "I just want to buy your property dirt cheap" may be best.

You assume there will be price appreciation with no real rental growth, but that is not how it works over the long term as you don't get price appreciation without rental growth and vice versa over long periods of time like 20 years. 

It is somewhat arbitrary because at the border line one more condo rented can swing the entire complex into unwarrantable status (and vice versa).

Also, the IRS is much more likely to challenge an independent appraiser vice a city/county assessor.

He moved in with a friend, not vice versa.

Senior Vice President and Chief Economist Leslie Appleton-Young.

Everyone has different criteria so what works for me may not work for you, and vice versa.

Personally, I really don't care who sits in the White House although the current guy reminds me of my younger days, watching Hobo Kelly, Bozo the Clown and Captain Kangaroo.