This session provides a review of various gift techniques that can be applied to real estate gifts, including outright gifts of real estate, bargain sales, and charitable remainder trusts. It will focus on the topic from the standpoint of the charity as well as the viewpoint of the potential donor, covering reasons to consider gifts as well as the downside liabilities and potential risks of these gifts. For the experienced - it is a review of the subject from an asset specific standpoint. For the beginner, it is a compendium of opportunities and possible pitfalls of real estate as a gifted asset.  MORE »