Also, Menards (regional) offers an 11% off sale several times a year.Buy gift cards (arbitrage) - You can easily find gift cards with a discount (i.e. you pay $90 for a $100 gift card) using a coupon code or purchasing through a gift card exchange.

I even got my personal friend, a Medical Doctor for 30 years, stop by every once in a while to check on her.I don't expect any physical rewards for my charity because the best rewards is the gift of giving.

if you have a property being gifted to you would you still need title insurance?

I know in Texas you're allowed to give small gifts under $50 value (gift card or something).

I know they can gift her $16k each ($32k) total tax free.

They email the rewards to you and then you spend them like a gift card.

Cameron,I do agree with you, that was a pretty awesome gift to give someone out here on Bigger Pockets.

Posting is a gift to others.

A few examples, new water heater, $600 gift card to Sears to buy new dishwasher, countless visits by plumbers to unclog drains, new springs on garage doors, multiple visits by HVAC companies to fix broken AC's in the middle of summer (when it's like 110 degrees), etc.

It helped that we asked for cash instead of gifts; the gift cash ALMOST covered the bar tab.Four years later (2014), with my wife's career getting traction, we bought a second house in a much nicer part of town.