Why would a company rent conference rooms, provide meals and gifts to absolute strangers for free? 

Cash flow is of primary importance and appreciation should always be considered a gift.

Sounds like you at best made an unsecured loan, but sounds more like a "gift" because there is no promise to pay in writing AKA promissory note.I tell people to read what's in this next link for a more formal and proper way to lend privately:https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/49/topics/555...

I’m currently in the process of buying my father house and he has gifted me about 42k in equity now my plan is to live in that house until I find a decent multi family to rent and rent the old home out .

Perhaps a gift cert to a local restaurant for helping you out.

Given that it's the stove and dishwasher that are at issue, perhaps a gift card to a local restaurant would make sense?

I told the pm that we would like to check out the houses and give the tenants a $100 gift card each to a grocery store.

Plenty of people go through a 4 year degree with little to no debt: grants, scholarships, family gifts, part-time jobs, fellowships, etc.Second: if you can't even complete a year of college, what makes you think you can do the hard work necessary to be successful at real estate?

@Michael Clark, The gift that the IRS takes back - that's depreciation recapture. 

I'm waiting to do it as a Christmas gift.