Since it’s legal for recreational use many companies or groups have been selling tee shirts that come with a “Free Gift” which is a bag of weed and depending on your t shirt price determines the quantity/ quality.   

This is particularly true if your involvement is more akin to a job or trade rather than a passive investment.Gift Tax: In some cases, if you're providing sweat equity to a property owned by someone else, the IRS might consider your contributions as gifts.

I see no deposit more common on the C class properties but some owners give tenants items like a free TV's or a gift card to Walmart to entice them in.

Was not sure how to title this post but I will explain everything just looking on ideas on how to move forward with a situation we are in.First my father gifted me and my brothers the equity in the single family home we grew up in.

My guess is you will either have to gift him the cash to do the deal himself or front him the short term hard money loan.

The banks see a clear difference between a 'gift' of money vs. a 'loan' from friends or family.

Well, those would be gifts, not loans.

His down payment was a gift and at this point is irrelevant as to source of funds, but there is no skin.

I would also try some kind incentive as @Jenifer Kynor mentioned, if the tenants that have been there are good, chances are the ones they refer will be as well. even if it's a hundred dollar gift card to a supermarket.

Heck, in that case I wouldn't even have to gift them a house, but I could sell them a house, and they could build their credit, with a mortgage that costs them nothing out of pocket.This forum is great and I am eating the podcasts during my commutes to and from Washington, DC.