Spouse A cannot "gift" down payment funds to Spouse B for the down payment on an investment property, is the reason we are doing this. 

I was reading about Detroid in National Geo Mag and it sound slike the city will bulldoze abandonned homes if the property tax is not paid and then seed grass and gift the lot to the neighbor who is stipp paying taxes.

It would be considered a "gift" which plenty of Hard Money Lenders allow. 

Originally posted by @David Arsene:To the contractors on here, any gift suggestions that say "thank you times a million, you are 1 in 100 and my business is 110% dependent on you"?

@Ramsey Persing  Well, money from a private lender is certainly no gift since there's an expectation of it being paid back. 

I've also heard others give a gift card and/or $25 for the temporary inconvenience of not having heat.

Tenant leaves and of course never seen one broom clean. now you have a vacancy you have a turn over which usually is 1k to much more if they gave you some parting gifts.. so 75 bucks even though landlord is correct just cost them minimum of 2k  if no real damage.. all over 75 dollars and NOT UNDERSTANDING your client/Tenant I have seen this act so many times with clients of mine.. landlording simply is not for everyone.. and I feel that a good reason that many landlords fail is its their own darn fault..

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth....The minimum amount that you can earn as a contractor before having to pay Self Employment tax is $400. 

They cannot be gifted!

@An HoIt sounds like your parents do not actually want to gift you the money yet.