Just got an Amazon gift card last week, so I sprung for this book (paperback version) just now.  

Build your sphere and "touch" your sphere, 36 times a year via phone, text, email, b'day cards, gifts, coffee, etc. 

Do you have unwanted or unused gift cards?

My wife and I are thinking to take out cash advances from her credits cards, to gift over to my account for a down payment on an investment property.

I am interested in buying a short term rental condo and opening up a gift shop.

It is frequently used to clear up possible title defects, or when someone makes a gift of land.

Imagine your parent giving you a $10k gift, then 4 years later you need to pay that back to medicaid.And prosecutions for medicare/medicaid fraud to happen.

Even when I flipped my home from my personal residence into a rental, I think I paid $500, which covered touch up paint, light bulbs, professional cleaning, and a welcome gift for my new tenants.

If you want to help them, consider doing it in a way that doesn't jeopardize your investment: offer to pay their moving expenses, provide their security deposit, or gift them a months rent for their next property, Aside from that, I think something you may need to be weary of is the possibility that the seller gave you an owner-financed property at a 20+ cap because he, too, has been put in a bind by these tenants; and likely could have even known that you were inheriting an essentially built-in problem. 

After it's all cleared up send them a gift certificate for a nice restaurant and thank them for their understanding a patience.If it was in the winter I would put them in a hotel or provide space heaters and give a rent rebate.