Hubby's Xmas gift to me is a Personal Trainer :)3.

This way your not paying interest and you can get gift cards for lowes and home depot to help support your investment.

(You can subsidize the rent with yearly tax free gift amount)  You can only do 1031 to another rental property, not the second home for your mom to live for free. 

Basically it came down to salt, water, and breast milk, and I don't think anyone would like a gift of breast milk in a bottle :PSo like coming to a party of 50 people or more, I'm going to bring the gift I intended to bring(bottle of wine for example), even if there might be someone allergic to it. 

but what does it work out to on a per-stay basis vs. the gift basket?

My first downpayment was a gift from a family member to house-hack a 4plex on an FHA loan (3.5% down).

I have 250k cash I can use towards a multi family purchase as gift money.

I’ve had the same triplex for almost 4 years (gifted from my dad AND no mortgage) and I had no clue as to what to do to grow my portfolio (besides saving the old fashioned way) until I found BP a couple months ago.

Home Depot gift card if you want to help out. 

@Nathan G.Books read in 2019:1) Getting Things Done2) Antifragile3) The Big Short4) The War on Normal People5) Good to Great6) The Gift of Fear7) 19848) Long Distance Real Estate Investor9) The Story of Kodak10) The E Myth: Revisited11) Trend Following: How Great Traders Make Millions in Up or Down Markets12) The Book on Estimating Rehab Costs13) What Every Real Estate Investor Need to Know About Cash Flow14) The Book on Managing Rental Properties15) Set for Life16) The Millionaire Next Door17) Zero Risk Real Estate: Creating Wealth Through Tax Liens and Tax Deeds18) Real Estate Loopholes19) Market Wizards20) Rich Dad Poor Dad21) Sleepy Hollow22) The Personal MBA23) On Tyranny2020 Reading List:-Wealth of Nations-The Organization of Industrial Scientific Research-Toms River-In Love and War-Skin in the Game-Extreme Ownership-Best Ever Apartment Syndication Book-Finance for Nonfinancial Managers-The Muller Report-All Quiet on the Western Front-Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance And whatever else catches my eye...