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Real Estate—Bargain Sale

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Bargain Sale of Real Estate Diagram. Description of image is listed below.

How It Works

  1. You sell property to the Arboretum for less than its fair-market value—usually what you paid for it
  2. the Arboretum pays you cash for agreed sale price, and you receive an income-tax deduction
  3. the Arboretum may use or sell the property

Benefits

  • You receive cash from sale of property (sale price is often the original cost basis)
  • You receive a federal income-tax deduction for the difference between the sale price and the fair-market value of the property
  • the Arboretum receives a valuable piece of property that we may sell or use to further our mission

 

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The Morton Arboretum
Development Office
(630) 725-2146
legacygiving@mortonarb.org

The Morton Arboretum
4100 Illinois Route 53
Lisle, IL 60532

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