Key Takeaways: Net operating income (NOI) shows a rental property's profitability after deducting operating expenses. It reveals how much cash flow an investment property can generate. The NOI formula is simple: Take gross operating income and subtract operating...
G. Brian Davis
Brian Davis is a real estate investor and personal finance writer with over two decades in the real estate and finance industries. After graduating from University of Delaware in 2003 with two useless B.A. degrees and an even more useless minor in anthropology, he fell headfirst into real estate finance by accident.
Then he promptly went on a property buying spree from 2005-2008. It was what you might call a “learning experience,” all of the lessons expensive.
Eventually, Brian tired of landlording and unloaded his own portfolio of rental properties. But he still loved real estate as an investment, and today he owns fractional shares in over 2,000 units.
The difference? Nowadays he only invests passively in real estate.
Along with his wife and daughter, Brian spends most of the year abroad living by his own rules. He loves hiking, cooking, pairing wine with said cooking, scuba diving, and occasionally surfing (badly). And writing: he writes as a real estate and personal finance expert for Inman, BiggerPockets, R.E.tipster and dozens of other publishers.
Most of all, Brian loves showing others how they too can create their ideal lives through real estate investing and lifestyle design.
10 Ways to Find Distressed Properties as an Investor
Key Takeaways: Distressed properties, neglected or abandoned due to financial struggles, provide investment opportunities for buyers to acquire, renovate, and profit from renting or selling. Categories such as Foreclosure, REO, Short Sales, Auctions, Bankruptcy Sales,...
How to Hedge Against Inflation with Real Estate Investments
Summary: Real estate tends to appreciate at the same rate or faster than inflation over time. Property values and rental income often rise as prices increase, making it the best hedge against inflation. Unlike stocks or bonds, real estate provides tangible assets that...
Mortgage and Rental Income: How to Finance Rental Properties When You’re Self-Employed
Financing real estate investments can be tricky when you're self-employed. Lenders look for consistent income, which is harder to show without a W-2. But getting a mortgage is very doable with the proper documentation verifying your earnings, plus preparation and...
Housing Bubble 2024: Are U.S. Housing Markets Crashing?
Remember the housing bubble, real estate market crash, and Great Recession in 2008? I do. It was an utter nightmare for me and millions of other property owners, representing the second-largest recession in American history, junior only to the Great Depression. Given...
Mortgage, Financing, and Property Loan: How to Get a Loan for a Rental Property
One of the significant advantages of investing in real estate is leverage: the ability to buy your assets with other people’s money. The property appreciates even as your loan balance shrinks. Your rents go up every year while your debt payments stay fixed. That makes...
A 3%-Down Rental Property Loan? How to Use Fannie & Freddie Loans for Investing
A few years back, Fannie Mae and its brother lender Freddie Mac launched loan programs called HomeReady and Home Possible, respectively. Their purpose? To compete with the 3.5% down FHA loan program and help low- to moderate-income borrowers buy a home without much...
Concreit Review 2024: Short-Term Real Estate Fund & Fractional Shares
Ever wish you could invest in real estate without committing money for years at a time? Concreit offers a rare short-term real estate investment. Unlike most real estate crowdfunding platforms, Concreit lets you pull out your money at virtually any time. And no, they...
The Best Short-Term Real Estate Investments & Other Places to Park Money
You don’t always know when a killer real estate deal will come along. Sometimes you wait months or longer for the right deal. Plus, it takes time to save up a down payment. Even if you borrow 80% with an investment property loan, you still need $100,000 for a $500,000...
How to Pay for College with Real Estate Investments
The average cost of tuition for the 2023-2024 school year was $42,162 for private colleges. Ouch. Public tuition in-state universities clocked in at $10,662, and out-of-state at $23,630. Multiply that by four years (or five, if your kid's on the "super senior" track)....