by G. Brian Davis | Last updated Feb 15, 2024 | Active Real Estate Investing, Real Estate News, Spark Blog |
The last two years have seen a wild ride for real estate markets across the country. Year over year, median home prices ticked up 3.13% nationwide as of the start of 2024, closing at $342,941. That marks a sharp fall from the lofty 19.58% appreciation in 2021 or even...
by G. Brian Davis | Last updated Feb 15, 2024 | Active Real Estate Investing, Real Estate News, Spark Blog |
Remember the heady real estate price jumps over 50% in a single year that some markets saw in the pandemic? In early 2024, those days seem like a lifetime ago. While year-over-year home price growth still looks hearty in many counties, others have seen home prices...
by G. Brian Davis | Last updated Feb 15, 2024 | Active Real Estate Investing, Real Estate News, Spark Blog |
Heard nothing but doom and gloom in the real estate headlines for the last 18 months? The wild 50+% price jumps we saw during the pandemic are a distant memory, while 2022 through 2024 have seen real estate markets drop back down to earth. They did exactly what...
by G. Brian Davis | Last updated May 8, 2023 | Active Real Estate Investing, Real Estate News |
Rental properties offer better protection against recessions than most investments. But that doesn’t make them completely recession-proof. As you look for ways to protect your portfolio from future recessions, here’s how rental properties have stacked up in past...
by G. Brian Davis | Last updated Feb 21, 2024 | Active Real Estate Investing, Personal Finance, Real Estate News, Spark Blog |
Quick Bites: A state’s total “tax burden” includes income tax, property taxes, and sales and excise taxes. There is a correlation between state tax burdens and migration patterns — but it’s not a perfect one. Other factors such as real estate...
by G. Brian Davis | Last updated Jan 9, 2024 | Active Real Estate Investing, Real Estate News, Spark Blog |
Who said education had to be expensive? Whatever real estate skills you want to learn, the best real estate blogs on the web provide rich, in-depth content to help bridge the gap between what you know today and what you need to know to build wealth with real estate....