For example, maybe you make a deal with other providers to sell gift certificates for their businesses at a small discount to help them gain business.

:I think it was PT Barnum who said something along the lines of, I don't care what the papers say about me as long as they spell my name right.PS I'm thinking of getting the slumlord hoodie as a gag gift for my boss. 

are gift baskets still a thing ?

This understanding is the greatest gift my father gave me.

Surprising them with the gift of time and some $ was the type of why I like.

Direct mail, online ads, content marketing, cold calls... the usual suspects.On the contrary, if you have a gift of sales skills, can woo people quickly, and have a proprietary way of putting together which houses to knock on, you might have a better return than I did.

Or how you had some crazy tenant that the only way to get them out was paying them with a gift card to the liquor store? 

Because you have a lot of finance knowledge...but more importantly, the gift of filibustering a two minute answer into 30 minutes.

:@Joe Splitrock deferred taxes due to depreciation offset is still a great gift.

Each and every day we get is a gift.