In the past we have 'sold' properties to our kids & then hold the financing at the current AFR.Admittedly the majority were high income investment properties (rentals/lease to owns etc).We have always documented gifting over the years so they can prove the source of the down payment(s) especially if we them at a Tax Lien auction.

My parents set us up with our first investment buy/hold as a wedding gift, and that is when my journey started at 24.  

Being brand new is a gift and a curse.

The ability to own part of the company (via stock) at market discounts and in some cases, gifted to you for accomplishments, the ability to get our entire $16k broker commission split cap back via stock from performance, and several other financial reasons is what led us down that road.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth....The minimum amount that you can earn as a contractor before having to pay Self Employment tax is $400. 

I am currently in a situation that a young girl who is living here going to school and working has no credit, and her parents gift her a large sum of money every month.

Purchase price: $120,000 Cash invested: $400,000 Sale price: $300,000 5,000 SQFT 2 Story Historic Brick Building. 2 Apartment newly renovated. 1 Gift Shop, 1 Restaurant w/ Bar, 1 Office area, All Restaurant and Equipment included plus tables and POS system.

They they are going to "gift" us back cash in their equity payout for those renovations.

Are you the guy who invented “I’m not buying the weed, I’m gifting you the weed and you are gifting me money, it’s two separate transactions!”

Your dad has to gift you the equity in lieu of a down payment.