The “check-up” can also serve as a chance to build rapport with your guests by delivering a small gift basket and offering tips or recommendations for activities, restaurants, and attractions.

I will take heed to all the advice you have gifted.

We thank her with restaurant gift certificates, she doesn't want to be paid.... just a neighborly thing.For another one of our duplexes, we have experienced the folly of hiring a neighborhood kid and the folly of paying one of the tenants to take care of it.

I also like the idea of the gift card, as I know he could use that for his own properties! 

I thought about somehow encouraging tenants to take the class, perhaps by reimbursing tenants for the cost of the course, reducing rent for anyone who takes it, or even giving it as a gift at Christmas or lease renewal or something.

Some ideas for content for college students- - You could sell ads for little college side-hustles (tutoring, yard work, ride sharing to airport at Chrismas- Ways to reduce energy bills-Gift ideas for your mom and dad who are hard to shop for- Why you should remove dryer lint with sensational story you find online- Cheap monthly recipes that taste good- "Biggest Loser" competition with prize money (an old complex of mine did that)- Great new cheap place to eat - Your business stuff that you really want them to read: late fee reminder, lease renewal dates, guest parking, pool rules, trash guidelinesAs I type this, I wonder if your situation of tight geography and demographic might make for a good closed Facebook group for only your current tenants.

Hello all, I learned about bigger pockets thanks to Brandon Turner's book on rental investing which I got as a gift.

I think a gift card to a local restaurant or a spa day (if female) is a nice gesture.It's really sweet of you to think to do this.

Originally posted by Taz:...and since the lender DOES CARE where your down payment comes from, they will want your partners on the note too.My broker has said that they can accept a gift letter from a partner, and just have my name on the note, and both our names on the property title.

If you can not show that a deposit to your business account was a transfer, gift, loan or other nontaxable income it will be assumed that it was business income of some kind regardless of what you put on an income statement.It is not uncommon for small business owners to use personal accounts to pay business expenses.