Reach out to their human resources departments and tell them about the special program you have for their employees (waived application fee, move in gift, etc.) 

I have also gifted a percentage of the house to him each year, so that he now has a larger ownership %.

(free application fee, move in gift, etc.)There are lots of great ways to promote your rental. 

Or see if someone is willing to give you a "gift" for the downpayment. 3.

Hi,I'm receiving a small money gift form my family abroad and since I'm an property investor I was thinking of using that money towards another investment property.

So it's doom for the novice, and a gift for the Pro's. 

I purchased my 1st from my parents using the creative financing called "Gift of Equity".

Maybe person #1 (with the loan) can just gift the funds to person #2 and have person #2 buy 1031 exchange property debt free?

But it does vary wildly - I work with a larger firm, we have in house professionals who focus 100% of their time on state and local tax / sales and use tax, various aspects of international, employee benefits, trusts, estates, gifts, etc, in addition to various industry focuses - and as a result we charge higher fees because there is a significant amount of very specialized knowledge floating around that is at our clients fingertips as they need it. 

They are a great gift when it happens, but people rent because they want the flexibility or their lives are less stable.