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I clean the carpets at lease renewal time. Nothing at Christmas. --108.89.xxx.xxx

I provide year-round gifts of comfortable and well-maintained housing. --47.142.xxx.xx

I will say I do have a PITA tenant that I have the same feelings Alan comments are --68.197.xx.xx

So no they don't get anything. They have me as there gift. A good and honest LL. --74.184.xxx.xx

I have a few elderly woemen who live alone. The ones who aren't socially active or have family over all the time will get a poinsettia or small xmas flower arrangement from me in person. I wish them a merry Christmas but don't get into any chit chat usually. --70.209.xxx.xxx

The reward for 12 months of timely rent payments is a 25bux grocery store card, just wrapping a few until I came on here for a break. --76.188.xxx.xxx

Glad that you brought this up. I am planning to give about 8-10 of the better residents a tote bag with big tin of cookies (from BJ's) a box of chocolates and some other goodie (not sure what yet). Kinda feel that those special people need some recognition. --24.233.xxx.xx

I provide a small gift that normally runs me about $15-20 for my commercial tenants only. I do hand out candy canes and a Christmas card for my residential tenants. On New Years Eve, I do provide free coin laundry for my residential tenants --24.239.xx.xxx

I used to give turkeys for thanksgiving. --104.51.xxx.xxx

I used to give gifts to see how many would say thank you. When one person kept calling me cheap, I stopped giving gifts. --96.92.xxx.xx

I give gifts to the residents of our private compound. I do not give gifts to any other tenants any more. --173.22.xx.xx

I give $10 gift cards to the local grocery store. --75.128.xxx.xx

I give each of my tenants a tin of nice quality cookies from Costco, about $12 each. It's an easy and relatively inexpensive way to say I value them as tenants. They seem to appreciate it but I feel the greater beneficiary. --73.95.xxx.xxx

I have always given a small gift to each of my tenants going back many years - in recent years it has been a small tin of chocolate covered pretzels. I also include a personal nondenominational holiday card wishing each tenant a happy holiday and a healthy and prosperous New Year. I also thank those who have been good tenants and for those less than good tenants, I add a little positive reinforcement asking their support to help me maintain a good apartment and not to hesitate to contact me if there is a repair that needs attention. This small annual gesture helps build good will and rapport with my tenants and reminds them that you care about your building. In general I have found improved cooperation and communication all around. My tenants often remark that they will miss the holiday gift and personal touches - often my current and departing tenants refer me good prospective tenants. My apartments are rarely vacant. --98.115.xxx.xxx

I send Kirkland cookies via Amazon to our contractors, not our tenants. I figure there is someone in the office who can eat them, even if one person can't. --173.22.xx.xx

I give either a cooked turkey or a boston butt. sometimes I get a thank you, but MERRY CHRISTMAS to all --71.29.xxx.xx

We own only 2 houses, and we do give a generous gift to our tenants. We give them each a $50 gas card (which costs us $40 with a Publix program)because they take care of our property, pay on time, and they let us know immediately if anything needs attention. Toward the end of each year, we also ask them if there is anything they would like updated. Within reason we take care of it. This year we put a new storm door on one, and paid for carpet cleaning in the other. We appreciate our tenants, we want them to stay with us. It's all deductible so it basically costs us nothing to have happy tenants, and they appreciate our efforts. --216.186.xxx.xxx

Merry Christmas everyone! --70.208.xxx.xxx

$20 movie theater gift card in a nice Christmas card to each household. Who doesn't like the movies? --99.101.xxx.xx

Both tenants and the mail carrier get $20 gift certificates, usually Lowe's, as they are all males. --74.215.xxx.xxx

I always thought that if I gave a tenant a gift, he/she would think "Gee, he must be making enough money off of me to be able to afford this gift. I'd rather he lower the rent!" --69.201.xx.xxx

We do 2 things at Christmas. Firstly, if a resident has been with us for 5 years, we begin to return their security deposit to them. $100 at a time. There are a few other qualifiers in this. They must pay on time, be a good neighbor and take care of their place. We figure if they qualify on those terms for the past 12 months and have paid faithfully for five years, there is very little loss. Even at a $600 monthly rent, that total is $36,000. This year, 9 of our residents will be receiving a security check. Secondly, we also have 8 baskets to give to those residents who NO LONGER have a security deposit, because they've been with us SO LONG! There is a total of 17 residents who've been with us for well over 5 years. We also send desk calendars out to all of our residents with a letter, thanking them and wishing them a great Christmas and New Year. Of course, this year it features our "mascot" Chirp on each month! Will get one down to you, Jeff! (If you are reading this!). ;-) --73.175.xx.xxx

We do 2 things at Christmas. Firstly, if a resident has been with us for 5 years, we begin to return their security deposit to them. $100 at a time. There are a few other qualifiers in this. They must pay on time, be a good neighbor and take care of their place. We figure if they qualify on those terms for the past 12 months and have paid faithfully for five years, there is very little loss. Even at a $600 monthly rent, that total is $36,000. This year, 9 of our residents will be receiving a security check. Secondly, we also have 8 baskets to give to those residents who NO LONGER have a security deposit, because they've been with us SO LONG! There is a total of 17 residents who've been with us for well over 5 years. We also send desk calendars out to all of our residents with a letter, thanking them and wishing them a great Christmas and New Year. Of course, this year it features our "mascot" Chirp on each month! Will get one down to you, Jeff! (If you are reading this!). ;-) --73.175.xx.xxx

One of the houses is occupied by my former Landlord's Aunt and Uncle. I have never gotten a "thank you" or even an "I got the gift" from them in the 18 years I've owned the property. I still do it though, because I think it's a nice thing to do and it makes ME feel good. --174.66.xxx.xx

I have done for years what Pete from CO does. Cookies from Costco or Sams. I look at this as part of a tenant retention program. The residents like to be remembered at Chrishtmas. The large decorated cookie tin stays around and is usually used for something, a reminder it came from their housing provider. Problem with turkeys - once comsummed and the bones are thrown out there is no visual reminder. --24.183.xxx.xx

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This year I gave each of my tenants 2 dozen brown farm eggs. I raise chickens so it was and easy gift to give and they seemed very appreciative. So my thought is that these families provide me with my living, and for the most part all are good tenants (thanks to good prequalification and credit reports). Yes, I am providing them with what they are paying for so why? Cause it is the season of giving and to show appreciation, just as you tip your hairdresser and your mailman. But here is the other benefit, I showed up in person and unanounced to each of their doors (18 of them) at a time I felt they would be home allowing me to get a peek at the house and who is there. I did find one tenant with 3 dogs not 1, we are dealing with that now. For me this feels right. --162.253.xx.xxx

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I give my tenants a card that gives them $25 to $50 off rent that can be used some time during the next year. If the tenant is good ,but owes me money I take something off there debt. --76.189.xx.xxx

I have three units, ne year I gave $25.00 gift cards from the local store, a few days later I got a call that one of the tenets who does not celebrate Christmas. Now a send 13 self addressed and already stamped envelopes to her and now I think she appreciates this more than the gift card. --75.19.xx.xx

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This question comes up every yr. Since we manage very many properties we do not give the residents any Holiday gift, also, not all celebrate CHristmas. We do however, give all of the people we work with a restaurant gift card. Our residents get rewarded otherwise during the yr. --67.177.xxx.xx

I use these as investment properties and a secondary income. As long as it's profitable, I'm good. --24.55.xxx.xx

I STOPPED delivering gifts when it became too time consuming to drive to all the rentals. Then I gave gift cards to a tenant that had a death in the family , they said they never received the card(but it was used) so we sent another. Then there was information(from their mother) they had something to do with the death( but were never charged). So to stop the time and too much effort. If they pay on time, do not constantly call on frivolous matters. They receive a letter with $ 25.00 to $ 50.00 off February or March rent. Yes I send the letters after the first of the year. Its amazing the number of tenants cant make January's rent. The number of tenants that receive a discount is below 50% of our renters. But every year its the same tenants that revive the discount. The rich tenants get richer and the poor get poorer. --24.127.xxx.xxx

ON UNITS LESS THAN ONE YEAR WE GIVE ZERO. ON OUR 7 YR TENANT WE GIVE A $50. AMAZON GIFT CARD. --172.88.x.xxx

I have great relationships with my tenants, never lose money and have had tremendous retention in my units over the years! Coincidence or the perhaps the benefits of treating people well?? --98.209.xxx.xxx

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We have over 450 properties and while I would LOVE to be able to give them all gifts, we are only the managers, not the owners and we don't make enough on them to be giving that many tenants gifts out of our own pockets. Thinking a bake a thon might be in order next year though for our exceptional tenants, I really do like the idea of them knowing we care. --173.26.xx.xxx

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This may be different, but I give a Chick-Fil-A calendar to the NEIGHBORS of my rentals with a business card. THEY tell me what's going on with my rentals. $7 for year-round surveillance. --74.174.xx.xx

I go to our local Thrift Shop (ARC) and look for things that look new under $20 for our tenants. This is also tax deductible. --50.183.xxx.xxx

BRAD --73.146.xxx.xxx

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Sharon, great idea - will adopt! --67.177.xxx.xx

$10 Starbucks card and a pack of Sam's Club chocolate chip cookies jfor each rental unit. --70.198.xxx.xx