Buy properties that I can give away at random to the needy and less fortunate, give away 25% of my gross earnings to charity (I am half way there), and to use my company to benefit the community.

What are the coolest real estate charities in your area?  

I ask that when you donate money to charity this coming year to please consider giving to "Operation Injured Soldiers" and/or "Homes for Troops".

I did some research for a client of mine regarding a raffle of cosmetic surgery and raffles appear to be gambling (at least in the state he wanted to do it).It may be different if you were doing it for charity -- as in, all proceeds go to the charity and no one profits from it.

Those that treat their business like a charity will soon need charity!

As much as I tried to convince them of the value they were getting for their ad, I knew it was basically charity.

Julia, your solution is the best I heard - I had to do similar with my parents house and I did have a charity take some of it - but, my my, charities are very fussy these days!

That does not mean you have to work for charity, it just means transparency, honesty, integrity, and kindness will get you far more deals than cunning strategy.

I think that the charity that I intend to endow in the future won't get enough to really do what I think it can do as a well-funded charity if I stop doing what I do now.

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