When we have customers and clients go out of their way to provide us value, we like to show our gratitude in a variety of ways. We tend to always send a 'Thank You' card along with a small gift card to Target or Starb...

It is that time of year where people are spreading holiday cheer. Many tenants spend thousand of dollars per year doing business with you, so send your tenants a holiday card to say thank you, and happy holidays. It's...

I have a 7 unit property and wanted to get gift cards for my tenants for the restaurant across the street (don't worry, I would say "Happy Holidays" in the card).  Anyone see an issue with this?  Also, I am currently ...

Hi,After contacting a few lenders I’ve realized that the down payment money can’t be a gift. Does anyone have an idea how rigid is this rule and if there is a way to work around it. I did receive funds from my parents...

Hello BP friends,
My mother in-law (Non-US citizen, Non-US resident) owns a SFH in Los Angeles, CA and would like to transfer the property title to us. We plan to use the property as rental home instead of primary re...

 Forgive the slight repetitiveness as I have gone through the other "gifts for tenants" discussions, but I am looking for current opinions on special occasion gifts.  Yes, I am one of those who already does small gift...

Aloha BP'rs,My wife and I have our son and his family in our rental, which he wants to stay in, and we want to do a 1031 exchange into higher performing assets. The home here on O'ahu has a FMV of about $900k~, a $405...

Last year I considered gifts, but didn't do it. Yesterday I did, and it was a lot of fun. I took my 18 YO daughter and 4 and 5 YO sons to Costco, then to 14 tenant homes across 3 counties delivering cookies. Hones...

I want to start off on the right foot and was thinking of getting a gift for my new tenant.Has anyone here done this if so do you have ideas for what to get them?