A Closing Gift for Buyers With Kids: A Coloring Book About Owning a Home.
The best closing gift for clients with children is a book that gives the kids their own part in the day. Real Estate Tycoons is a financial literacy coloring book for ages 6–12. It explains what a home is, what owning one means, and how people build wealth through property. Your clients get the keys. Their kids get a book that says, "This was a big day for you too."
Why the Kids Get Left Out
A closing is a big day for the family, but it's built for adults. The kids sit through the signing, hear words like "mortgage" and "down payment," and have no idea what any of it means. A gift for them makes the day feel shared, and it tells your clients you noticed their whole family.
What the Book Is
Real Estate Tycoons is published by House of Mint Press and is part of the Early Ambition series. It's a dual-purpose coloring book. Every lesson has a short, plain-language page to read together and a "Color this page!" illustration to color. There are 86 pages at 8.5 x 11, and no screens or batteries are needed.
What's Inside: 20 Lessons in Three Sections
Section 1: Real Estate Basics (7 lessons)
What Is Real Estate? · Who Builds the Places We Live In? · What Does "Owning" a Home Mean? · Renting vs. Owning · Why Some Places Cost More · Property Around the World · Can Kids Own Property Someday?
Section 2: Builder Mindset (5 lessons)
Fixing Up a Home · What Is a Down Payment? · What Is an Emergency Fund? · What Is a Monthly Budget? · How Property Grows in Value
Section 3: Wealth by Design (8 lessons)
Earning Money From Rent · Don't Own Just One Thing · Building a Collection of Properties · Builders See What Others Miss · Building Something That Lasts · Borrowing to Buy a Home · Builder Spotlight · What Will You Build?
Each lesson ends with a "Talk About It" question. That's the part that matters for a family that just bought a home, because it gives parents an easy way to start the conversation at the kitchen table.
Along the way, the book uses ideas kids already understand. Property growth is a snowball. Owning more than one thing is not putting all your eggs in one basket. A fixer-upper is a home that needs love.
More Than Lessons
Three Builder Checkpoint pages let kids review what they've learned.
"Own It: Dream Properties Around the World" has pages to color for a cozy starter home, a city apartment building, a little shop, and a world-map spread.
"My Builder Blueprint" has 12 layers, from Taking Care of You and Learning to Travel & Adventure, Give Back, and Your Digital World. Kids fill them in, then write down "My Big Dream."
A certificate reads "I AM A REAL ESTATE TYCOON." Kids earn it when they finish.
A Builder's Glossary defines 20 terms. A bonus vocabulary page adds Landlord, Tenant, Appraisal, Equity, Lease, and REIT.
The book's message is on the back page: Small actions build big lives.
How Agents Give It
Agents who give these books tend to keep the presentation simple.
1. Wrap Real Estate Tycoons in tissue or a small bag. Add Little Money Architects, or all three books, if the family has younger kids.
2. Tie it with black velvet ribbon.
3. Tuck your business card inside the cover.
4. Write one line by hand, like: "Congratulations on your new home. This one's for the builders in the family."
The kids remember it, and so do the parents. Your name stays in the house long after the closing.
Questions Agents Ask
What age is it for?
Ages 6–12. Younger kids color and listen. Older kids read the pages themselves.
Does it replace a traditional closing gift?
No. Many agents pair it with what they already give. It's the part for the kids.
Do I need to know anything about the book to give it?
No. Each lesson has a "Talk About It" prompt for the family, so the book does the explaining.
Which books go together?
The series has three books. Little Money Architects covers earning, saving, and spending. Stock Moguls introduces investing. Real Estate Tycoons is the one for new homeowners. You can give one book or the whole series.
Where do I order?
All three books are on Amazon, which makes it easy to order several at once.
Order the Books
Real Estate Tycoons
https://www.amazon.com/dp/106749703X
Little Money Architects
https://www.amazon.com/dp/1067497013
Stock Moguls
Stock Moguls: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1067497021
Learn more about the books: Real Estate Tycoons and Stock Moguls
