I did this through a charitable remainder trust, the basis for the property was nothing, the land had been in the family back to the civil war!

The wealthy don't really die, they live on through their charitable foundations sponsoring non-profits, schools, hospitals, PBS, etc. 

I think the few ways to really insulate your self if your that worried. 1. is a true irrevocable family trust with you as trustee and your kids as the bene to 95% of the assets. 3. start now and put your rentals in a charitable remainder trust.. this could work.5. just don't own rentals  be on the debt side only own notes .. and commercial if possible those have very little risk as they avoid dodd frank issues. and owner occ lender liability issues.7.

I know them as very giving, charitable, humble, and highly intelligent people that have found financial freedom and all the benefits that go with that, and want to help as many others enjoy it too.

With respect to taxes and charitable giving, should I give from the LLC or take a distribution from the LLC and give out of personal funds?

My goals include saving for college for my kids, lots of charitable giving, and building an inheritance for my family, and it would take more than either of those situations above for me to feel like I've achieved that.

I have a lot of respect for that charitable old woman for staying so spry

Good to meet you an a very good question.Look at the paragraph that refers to  Telemarketers must promptly tell you the identity of the seller or charitable organization and that the call is a sales call or a charitable solicitation.and time limit of returning a call after the initial inbound.If you make an inquiry or submit an application to a company, it can call you for three months afterward

No need to apologize for making a profit while doing it.I suggest that you also think about allowing real estate to catapult you into something (perhaps) more meaningful like charitable work.

I'd rather see something like a word count... essentially go based on content versus number of posts.I'm far more influenced by poster's like Jon who #1 explain things in great detail to back up their thoughts/opinions/statements... and #2 just as importantly, are charitable enough with their time to type all of that information.I'm far more interested in the guy who comes and posts 10 thesises then the guy who comes in and types "Go Vikings!"