Don't Like Your Kids? Donate Before You Die

Perhaps you don't particularly like your offspring, and you would rather get a tax break than turn your real estate over to them in your will. Or maybe your kids have run off to be hedonists in Thailand and they want nothing to do with your unsellable estate in Montana, which they will have to pay the taxes on. No problem-- donate your real estate, land, or even time share to a good cause. Get a tax break, and call it a day. There are several organizations that will help give away your assets. Here's a good place to start: http://www.realestatewithcauses.org/