Fractional Real Estate Investing
Meet monthly to vet group investments
Full cash flow, appreciation, and tax benefits
(without becoming a landlord)
Group 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 typical $50-100K. Non-accredited investors welcome.
Enjoy cash flow, appreciation, tax breaks
As a fractional investor, you get full real estate benefits. We review deals targeting 15-25% returns.
What kinds of investments do we review as a club?
Multifamily
Hotels & Airbnbs
Secured Loans
Mobile Home Parks
Self-Storage
Retail
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“SparkRental offers an abundance of free resources and information no matter your level of real estate experience. Explore the site and sign up.”
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!
How to Increase Property Value: 11 Ideas to Boost Equity & Rents
The Big Picture On How To Increase Property Value: Boost the property's exterior with landscaping, a fresh coat of paint, or new fixtures to make a strong first impression. Modernize the kitchen and bathrooms with new hardware, countertops, and fixtures. This upgrade...
Should Landlords Accept Rent by Credit Card?
The Big Picture On Accepting Rent by Credit Card: Accepting rent by credit card provides flexibility for renters who might be short on cash and can help them avoid late fees. For landlords, it offers faster and more reliable payments. Using credit card payments can...
Interest Rates on Loans for Investment Properties: June 2024 Rates
The Big Picture On Loans On Rental Property: Getting loans for rental property allow investors to take advantage of increased capital, leverage, improved cash flow, and more. There are many potential sources of property loans, including conventional, personal, hard...
Minimum Down Payment for an Investment Property: 9 Ways to Invest with Less
The Big Picture On The Minimum Down Payment For An Investment Property: You can borrow at a higher LTV (loan-to-value ratio) if you live in the property for at least a year, have higher credit scores, negotiate seller financing, or cross-collateralize with other...
How to Avoid Capital Gains Tax on Real Estate
The Big Picture On How To Avoid Capital Gains Tax on Real Estate: The IRS taxes your profits on real estate and other investments as capital gains. The tax rate on capital gains is lower than regular income — if you owned the investment for at least a year. Real...
17 Clever Ways to Come Up with a Down Payment for a Rental Property
The Big Picture On Clever Ways To Come Up With Down Payment For A Rental Property: Various financing options exist for rental property down payments, such as using home equity lines of credit (HELOCs), borrowing from retirement accounts like 401(k)s or IRAs, and...
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 and FIRE from Real Estate program to help them invest passively in real estate syndications.
In fact, Brian’s now one of those passive investors, as 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 then your day job becomes optional, so you can go save the world or whatever else you’d do if you weren’t chained to a job.
Want to connect? Join us for our weekly live video podcasts on our Facebook page and Youtube channel, and bring your questions, rants, and raves!
