Those are great ideas. we always give the tenant a welcome basket when they first lease the home, Toilet paper, water bottles, spaghetti sauce, sometimes a plunger... just stuff they may need or can use when first moving into the property.. they LOVE these items.. all things you can buy at the $1 store.We also send them a movie gift card and dinner coupon during the holidays and have a hand written note letting them know the owner asked us to send them this and thanking them for being such great tenants.If you are big enough and have enough homes you can normally go work a deal with a local restaurant to be able to get some discounted price off the coupon value if you buy quite a few of them.

Just my take.BTW for those interested the Urban Land Institute publishes a groovy consensus forecast.http://uli.org/wp-content/uploads/ULI-Documents/2015-Spring-ULI-Consensus-Forecast.pdf?

I tried the coupon for $5, and look like it's dead.

I thought you St Petersburg & Clearwater investors would enjoy this very comprehensive market update from the Pinellas Realtor Organization: http://proview.tampabayrealtor.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/08-2015-Pinellas-County-Real-Estate-Statistics.pdf

http://rentalrealities.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/tenant-introduction-letter.doc

@Phuong Dinhhttps://www.vistaprint.com/stationery/sticky-notes...See if you can't find a coupon anytime you order through Vistaprint.

Thought everyone might be interested in this look at changing trends in the housing market and the increase in households who are renting across the income and across the demographic spectrum. http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2015/06/24/how-renting-became-the-new-homeownership/?

Also I haven't scoured through here that much just yet but has anyone ever heard of using zero percent coupon bonds to broker a deal?

Search for coupon online too. 

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/digger/wp/2015/06/25/what-dying-office-parks-are-doing-to-montgomery-county/