I would ALWAYS suggest including the local police non emergency line, that comes in handy often and prevents unnecessary 911 calls.Even if utilities are paid by you, it's not a bad idea to include the numbers of your eclectic, gas, and water providers- even if their names aren't on accounts, they can find out when power will be restored quickly (saving you or PM a three am call maybe)As far as gifts go and actual items, things that would apply to most everyone in being useful seem like a good idea (an not offensive in any way like scented candles - those items are not across the board items) but things like nice dish towels, simple kitchen tools/gadgets, a welcome mat, fridge notepads and nice pens, etc. 

Watch a video of someone trying to blow out a candle while wearing a simple blue mask... they can't.

Tax sales are a whole other ball of wax, different than retail properties.

Bed and Breakfast and hotels have always existed, people advertised in the newspaper or the yellow pages or left a single candle burning in the window.  

Heresy on BP I know, but I have experience in both spaces and know that most RE can't hold a candle to most business that do low to mid seven figures top line from a return on capital perspective.

You’re already pulling the toilet to replace the flooring so you save the labor of replacement, get new internals, and a new “wax ring”. 

It made another leak around the wax ring because the suction was so great. 

It isn't as big of a deal they were holding the cat, it may be because it would run and hide but was there a strong cat smell in the house or a strong smell of candles or other scents to cover it up. 

What're you gonna do, write him a letter using a quill and then wax seal it and send it by courier?"

For larger deals (50-200 units), you will be looking bigger pots of money and more sophisticated investors, such as equity partnerships, syndication, non-recourse financing from institutional lenders.SCALING: Obviously, you know some things about land lording which would apply to smaller 2-4 units, but when you get over 20 units in one place that's a whole different ball of wax as you will be handling daily maintenance calls, snow plowing (I hear even TX gets ice and snow....too soon?)