If they do it well thank them and send them a gift card at Christmas time or something.

HER realtor gifted her with $250 to clean her fireplace during escrow.

I am fortunate enough to have a relative give me a substancial lump sum 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.

Dear Bigger Pockets Members,   My relative, who lives in Turkey and is very old is considering giving me a gift of several million dollars before she passes away.

I turned over ALL of my profits to her as a gift.

One is just giving a gift card in December no matter how long they have been with us or if they are current on rent.

I know that gift money can not qualified as a source of fund for the purchase of the investment property to be financed.My questions are:1. if I were to buy the property for cash.