Learn about imputed interest which is minimum interest  Learn about reverse mortgages compared with installment sales , A good source is AARP  Learn about annuities and compare them with installment sales  Use the term legacy, leaving a legacy of your children or church or a charity "The cash flow survives your death  Mr. seller meaning that your gift can be inherited by someone that you care about or some institution you care about" If the seller is gainfully employed with W-2 income, and it's a free and clear house, you can have them get a 50% mortgage, then buy the house subject to existing financing, take over the payments, and give them a single payment note for their equity There are between 34 to 40% of all houses that are free and  clear of mortgages.

Instead you are running a charity without any of the benefits of running a charity.

Once you establish the CRT that remainder which would normally have belonged to you and your heirs now belongs to a charity.  

It is not unusual for a charity to ask for a W-9 when making someone else's rent payment. 

(There is a school four properties away so they may have wanted to prevent school kids from investigating the unsafe structure) It's not humorous at all that a tenant lost her home, I am unsure if she had renters insurance but I set her up with my church St Pauls Episcopal in Maumee where they operate a food pantry and keep a charity fund for just this purpose and she already has the red cross housing her.

I gave you a charity vote @Joe Gore :-)

I need a charity in Washington state that does not have an extremely high minimum value.

No mercy, this is a business, not a charity.

BP has15% sale and they donate 5 dollars to a charity so I would love to take advantage of helping out and saving money. 2.

@Dennis WeberOne can make a direct distribution from an IRA to a charity, but it is only tax-exempted as a "Qualified Charitable Distribution" if you are over age 70 1/2 and therefore subject to Required Minimum Distributions from the IRA.Otherwise, you can take a distribution to yourself, which it taxed as income, then contribute it to a qualified charity or non-profit, which gives you a write off.It would be best to consult with your CPA on this topic.https://www.irs.gov/retirement-plans/retirement-pl...