., there are no strings of any kind attached), there are no taxable income consequences to anyone because a true gift is not considered taxable income.If you want to do more than $14,000 you can explore gifting twice that amount if you are married and your spouse either gives funds, or you make an election to split gift with her which would require a gift tax return just to make the election.Beyond those amounts you might need to file a gift tax return, but with the the lifetime gifting limits over 5 million dollars you would likely not have any consequences other than a gift tax return filing assuming you have not gifted previously over the 5 million+ limitation.I don't believe Mass has a Gift Tax, but you can do a quick internet search to confirm that.  

By partnering with Amazon, Lennar plans to build in the Las Vegas Valley fully integrated internet homes wherein all features of the house can be utilized by using Alexa (the sound of your voice).

Researching all of these locations from an investment standpoint is a much larger task than I expected!

This is the internet after all and no one ever knows what is truth and what is innocent deception.

You can still continue to use your handyman but sub out more of the larger tasks like plumbing and electrical.

And you've admitted to it in a public Internet forum. 

I pay the $25 a month plan so I can monitor subs who get their own codes and can be programmed on the internet.

It would probably be more tax-efficient to do such deals outside of an IRA, but if your capital is in an IRA and you do not have significant non-qualified funds to invest, then it can make sense to use IRA funds for such deals.As with anything of this nature and on an internet forum, the above is general guidance.  

Incidentally, for a while we had his web service for running an internet site to drive leads to it.

It all comes down to the tradesman and which one can do a quicker job doing what they do as opposed to someone trying something they haven't done often and will take longer to complete the task.