Can you buy a Linden house and give it as a gift for a friend who does not have a credit card

[Evgyrt]

Can you buy a Linden house and give it as a gift for a friend who does not have a credit card

[valerie Inshan]

No. Linden homes cannot be given to someone else. But you can allow your friend to use it.

http://community.secondlife.com/t5/English-Knowledge-Base/Linden-Homes/ta-p/700103#Section_.4

[Pow Curameyer]

Hello Evgyrt ,

No you can't give it as a gift for a friend who don't have a CC , neither a friend who has CC .

But you can set a group for your house , and make it private for people who has the group only , and give the rights to your friend and give him/her owner in the group .. so he/she can work at the house freely like it's her/his house .

That is the only way , hope that helped you

[Lindal Kidd]

Bear in mind that a Linden Home doesn't have a "price", a one time cost.  It's a benefit of Premium membership.

Premium membership can only be held if you have a credit card or a verified PayPal account.  So your friend cannot be Premium, and they cannot own a Linden Home.

If you want, you could let them use YOUR Linden Home as their own, as described by other answers here.  Or you could buy a plot of Mainland, form a group with your friend, and deed that land to the group.  And then pay the monthly tier on the land for your friend.

This is all a lot of work.  It would be easier just to 1) find a small parcel on a Private Estate, 2) have your friend lease it, and 3) send your friend enough $L every month to pay for it.

EDIT:  You don't say how well you know your friend.  If you know them in Real Life and you want to help them that's one thing.  But please be aware that there are lots of scammers and con artists in SL, who will pretend to be your friend in order to get money from you.  Your decision is up to you, but if it were me I would never support a "friend" by paying for their land.

[valerie Inshan]

I am sorry to say that I find your solution way much more complicated than allowing his/her friend to the Linden home, Lindal... Plus, any plot other than the Linden one won't have a house. i.e.: looking for a parcel + have the friend lease it + send him money every month + find a house (that will count against the prim allowance).... wheww!!! That's what I call a lot of work!

[Lindal Kidd]

Ha! I SAID it was a lot of work. ANY solution is going to be complicated, due to the fact that the "friend" has no payment method.