Fractional Real Estate Investing
Meet monthly to vet group investments
Full cash flow, appreciation, and tax benefits
(without becoming a landlord)
Passive Real Estate Investment Club
Attend club meetings
Once or twice a month, our Co-Investing Club meets to vet deals together. No experience necessary, recordings available.
Invest $5K+ (or skip it)
Invest $5,000 or more in any investments you like, instead of the typical $50-100K. Non-accredited investors welcome.
Enjoy cash flow, appreciation, tax breaks
As a fractional investor, you get full real estate benefits. We vet deals targeting 15%+ returns — together, as a club.
What kinds of investments do we review as a club?
Multifamily
Hotels & Airbnbs
Secured Loans
Mobile Home Parks
Self-Storage
Retail
Don’t take our word for it. In our members words:
Not ready for private equity real estate? Compare real estate crowdfunding options
If you’re just curious about passive real estate investments, start with $10 in a real estate crowdfunding platform.
Of course, not all real estate crowdfunding platforms are created equal. Some we love and invest our personal money in. Others… not so much.
To demystify the world of real estate crowdfunding, we compiled a list of the 17 most popular real estate crowdfunding platforms, along with “At a Glance” highlights to help you decide which ones are a good fit for you. They include short-term real estate investments like Concreit and long-term investments like Arrived. Real estate equity investments (Fundrise) and secured debt investments (Groundfloor). Fractional ownership in individual properties (Ark7) and pooled funds (Streitwise). And every combination in between.
Unlike most reviewers, we actually invest in most of these ourselves. Our money is where our mouth is.
Disclosure: We receive a commission from some platforms. We also invest our own personal money in most of them, to keep our reviews firsthand and unbiased.
Active investor? Compare loans for investment properties
We’ve vetted rental property lenders for you.
From interest rates to loan-to-value ratios (LTV), we’ve put together several comparison charts for investment property loans.
Rental property loans are inherently different from short-term fix-and flip loans, so we broke them down into two separate charts for easy loan comparisons.
And if you’re cash-strapped, read up on 17 Clever Ways to Come Up with a Down Payment for a Rental Property.
Never worry again about how you’ll finance your next investment property!
Learn Real Estate Investing
We invest a ton of time in making our articles and free real estate tools awesome, from our free real estate investing calculators to our interactive maps to our how-to tutorials.
Enjoy the latest from our real estate investing blog!
Can Non-Citizens Invest in U.S. Real Estate Syndications?
The Big Picture On Whether Non-Citizens Can Invest In U.S. Real Estate Syndications: Non-citizens can legally invest in U.S. real estate syndications, often through LLCs or limited partnerships, allowing them to participate in investment opportunities even without a...
Is Real Estate An ‘Alternative Investment’?
The Big Picture on Real Estate As an Alternative Investment: Real estate’s income generation, tangible value, and standardized valuations align it more with traditional investments than speculative alternatives. Real estate’s "alternative" label stems from advisory...
Cost Segregation Study: How to Take Accelerated Depreciation on Rental Properties
The Big Picture On A Cost Segregation Study: A cost segregation study allows real estate investors to reclassify property components into categories with shorter depreciation periods, enabling accelerated depreciation and reducing taxable income in the early years of...
Ark7 Review: Fractional Shares of Rental Properties with Full Liquidity?
The Big Picture On This Comprehensive Ark7 Review: Ark7 is a real estate crowdfunding platform that enables investors to purchase fractional shares in rental properties, including single-family homes, multifamily units, and short-term rentals. With a minimum...
How to Handle a Bad Contractor
The Big Picture On How to Handle a Bad Contractor: Keep detailed records of all agreements, payments, communications, and any issues with the contractor's work. Photos of the work and a written record of all interactions can provide valuable evidence if you need to...
Best Cities for Real Estate Investment by GRM (Price/Rent Ratio) in Q4 2024
The Big Picture On The Best Cities for Real Estate Investment By GRM: As of the start of Q4 2024, the national average GRM in the U.S. stands at 13.78, though this figure varies significantly across different regions, highlighting the importance of local market...
Our Founders Are Every-freakin’-where
Deni Supplee and G. Brian Davis, our quirky and brilliant founders, show up just about everywhere in the world of real estate investing. Every week we appear somewhere in the press or other media appearances such as:
Brian’s Regular Real Estate Columns:
Because we’re real estate investors, not faceless corporate hacks.
Deni Supplee and G. Brian Davis love real estate, passive income, lifestyle design, and teaching.
So we combined all those those together to create SparkRental.
Some people just want the high returns and tax benefits of real estate investments, but don’t want the headaches of becoming a landlord. For them, we created our Co-Investing Club to help them invest passively in real estate.
In fact, Brian’s now one of those passive investors, and he spends most of the year traveling overseas with his wife Katie and daughter Millie.
Other investors want the control of owning individual properties directly. For them, we created free landlord software, free calculators (such as a free rental income calculator and free depreciation calculator), and interactive maps such as the best cities for rentals and real estate heat maps.
With enough passive income from real estate, you reach financial independence. You can live off your rents and distributions — and your day job becomes optional.
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