The amount you can transfer free from inheritance tax is the same if you gift it now as compared to him getting it at death. 

However, I do not know if I can last with these service call costs, death by a thousand cuts.

Bear With Me...And Please Forgive My Tax Maze Ignorance My understanding is that the basis of investments is stepped up at the death of individuals who execute transactions in a tax-efficient manner.

A good Management Company will not nickel and dime you to death.

Overall he didn't have much anyway, so not too big of a deal, but this house, and his sister in particular have turned out to be possibly more trouble than it's worth to see if my girlfriend and her brother will inherit his share or not        Her dad was currently in a lawsuit with his own sister, and I'm quite sure the house was part of it, so he was dealing with a lawyer at his time of death, but she hasn't been able to get time scheduled with him yet to talk about things.  

That's the kiss of death...your emotional about your GC...that's a huge red flag on your part...you should reevaluate yourself...

As folks know, there have been numerous vaping related deaths and hospitalizations in the US from a mysterious vaping illness.

The vegan could stab you to death with a carrot slicer, or the gun owner could shoot you with a gun, or the [obscene sexual reference here that leads to death], and you're just as dead in any of these three cases.

This topic has been beat to death here, but I'll jump in and speak broadly.

Investor X sells the property in Vail and all of the depreciation stank from the 1031 magically dissolves itself under the 121 code, thus allowing him to end the trail that would normally go to a stepped up basis upon his death.