Gift funds cannot be used to purchase investment properties unless you pay all cash for it.

Basically gifting so no repayment expected.

Maybe the agent you don't use kick them a gift card for $25-$50 just to keep that relationship going. 

If you don't have children, or they don't want anything to do with real estate it's a moot point, but a legacy of real estate far surpasses any lump sum gift you could leave them.

Give a gift to great tenants.

But don't burn bridges, I brought her a gift certificate for See's Candies a couple blocks away "to thank her for her help" and later she would keep a list of new cases in her desk to hand to me when I came in to check out a single property.Just one tip add checking for code violations as part of your due diligence list no matter what the property looks like.

Originally posted by @Michaela Graham: I always wonder whether we're actually going to get any good information at any later point in time, after we've received a 'cut and paste' introLife is about the gifts you give while anticipating zero in return.

So, there is a thread out there about a newbie wanting to buy a Lambo and given that he just started, and had no money at the time, most people consensus is that buying a Lambo would not be a good idea at that time.So, I was wondering when is a good time to reward yourself with lavish gifts?

My partner who did the door knocking always had either Fresh Salmon Smoked Salmon or Elk Jerky at the ready for a door gift. then if he landed a big patch of timber or was working on one say 1mbf or better that owner got to go fishing on his RAnch on the Oregon coast and that sealed the deal 99% of the time.I can't imagine though door knocking in the iffy neighborhoods If your trying to buy low value assets I would think that is pretty dangerous...

My wife got me a gift  card to drive a Lamborghini Gallardo for my last birthday, that was an exhilarating experience, even though I only got to drive two laps in a parking lot by myself, I was accompanied by a professional driver for the first lap.