Daniel R. Crain graduated from the University of Oklahoma (BA-History) and the University of San Diego School of Law. He was a licensed attorney and real estate broker in California, Texas and Oklahoma before retiring from those practices.His true business calling was financing apartment properties under Fannie Mae and FHA. He financed approximately $4 Billion of apartments under those two programs over a 40+ year career. He sold his company in 2023.While he continues in the apartment lending business, he enjoys spending time with his family and studying the Bible. He has read the Bible every year since 1981. Since 1996, tithing has played a large role in his work, marriage and family. Its place in his life and family is the reason for writing The Gift of the Tithe.