Starting off on a good foot is CRITICAL.This is where you can out flank the big cookie cutter management companies.For your keeper tenants - consider a no nonsense letter within a gift basket.

I use both my Lowes 10 percent off coupons (purchased through ebay)  on both places and gift cards I purchase through Cardpool or Raise for 9 to 10 percent off their face value to pay for these.I purchase my rental homes with cash and I don't have mortgages with them so I'm at the point where I sometimes have to look for tax deductions like these appliances.Gail

Like everyone said this is a great Christmas gift and way to start off the year. 

After they pay up the taxes, you can evict them for trespassing and enjoy the gift they made to you.

So some people make these payments a "gift" but as a landlord that opens a whole new can of warms.

I love how you are gods gift to landlords...we should al be honored to have you as a tenant and bow down at your feet.... and all landlords are money grubbing criminal douchebags.

Yes, they look fantastic, but granite is not a good choice for rentals.Gave a $25 bank gift card as a welcome gift.

Hi @Katie Miller, a $1MM gift would be the perfect boost for our existing real estate investment strategy! 

Give yourself that gift.

You can still put the parents on he loan and you gift the down payment to them Jerry