All the quote is trying to say is that you should take care of the planet so that it is just as nice or nicer for your kids when they are here. Don't abuse the planet as if it is yours, but take care of it so your children can enjoy it.
This will depend on the loan program. In the case of FHA you can still receive the gift of equity from a relative.
Loan proceeds are not taxable, if your parents loaned you money and then decided to forgive the debt that wouldn't be taxable either (it's a gift). If you are paying your parents interest on the loan that interest is taxable income to your parents.
A parent plus loan is exactally that. A loan for parents to help their children with college expenses and can only be given to parents under the parent's name. You also need to begin to repay that loan while your child is still in school, usually within 60 days.
The house would have been left subject to the loan. Either the estate has to pay off the loan or sell the house. Once that is done, then the assets can be distributed. One of the children could obtain a loan and buy the house from the estate.
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The estate has the right to collect. If there is documentation, they may offset the loan against your inheritance.
Any acquisition that has a cost is not a gift. The opposite could be a purchase or trade.
If it was taken out before you were 18, it's your parents. After that, it depends on the kind of student loan, and who signed the papers.
Principal is the amount you borrowed and interest is the money you give them as a 'gift' for letting you loan their money.
* Unless you have a contract of sorts stating this was a loan and a date, the amount of the loan and this person's signature along with your signature on it you can't prove this is a loan and not a gift as it would hearsay only. Without the contract, sorry but you are out the money.