I have one of my Orphans rented.. and frankly I forgot about it.. its in rural Indiana.. and the PM called me and left a message and this year they want to give the tenants a little gift if the tenants qualify. and by qualify I mean they paid a year on time.. which apparently according to the PM they have..

Would the lifetime gift and estate tax exemption applies to quitclaim-related transactions?

My day job has me up at 4am so going that late isn’t the easiest.

The easiest way to do that if you haven't already is by reading or listening to books.

Talking to a local title co. is the easiest.  

With an FHA, a third party not involved in the transaction can "gift" you part of the down payment.

I only have so many hours in the day and I am trying to figure out the easiest way to do marketing and bring in deals without tons of effort (isn't that what we all want to do?). 

And yes, I'd be renting it out to her at market rates, I'm familiar with the gift tax.As far as your point about depreciation recapture and how people forget it: I'm not sure what this has to do with my question, as my question is about renting it to my girlfriend so that it's a rental for the next year so that I can do a 1031 exchange and thus avoid depreciation recapture.

I would buy the homes that cost the median price because that is where you will find the most buyers and the easiest buyers to deal with.

I would have left a gift basket and a Christmas card..