Any payments onthe balance remaining from the original loan must be included in the debt-to-incomeratio calculation for the refinance transaction.Note: Funds received as gifts and used to purchase the property may not bereimbursed with proceeds of the new mortgage loan.4.

Might be best for me to just help my family member by gifting them money for a down payment on a single family home and working a separate investment deal.

In August of 1975 his pet rock was introduced at a gift show and this totally insane ideal exploded to the point that he sold A million rocks for $3.95 apiece in just a few months, and Gary Dahl had become an instant millionaire in just a matter of months, not years, less than 6 months!

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth -- make sure its well-fed, its groomed, and is content.

It is probably small enough to avoid gift tax, but what happens when you transfer title to his name at 18?

They disguised a rent request as a free raffle for $250 to show their appreciation: "Enter to Win a $250 Gift Card!"

Let me add that there are plenty of wonderful tenants out there that I don't mind giving a holiday thank you gift so what we give them is a nice thank you card for being our tenant with a candy cane or two.. something like that doesn't cost a lot but they know that it's a handwritten card and let's them know that they are appreciated and that really goes a long way :) 

We have not purchased anything yet.We did a Gift of Deed to transfer the title into our LLC You cannot do a gift deed to a LLC.

I have recently discovered the amazing gift of having an international VA to do data entry and data finding.  

I have a good friend, purple heart recipient who happened to be gifted a free home for wounded warriors in Orange County.