by Emma Dudley | Last updated Apr 16, 2021 | Real Estate Investing, Spark Blog |
Real estate investing requires money, and usually more than we like when buying an investment property. Fortunately, you can leverage other people’s money to buy our own assets. But navigating the world of investment property loans is stressful and oftentimes...
by Emma Dudley | Last updated Apr 2, 2021 | Real Estate Investing, Spark Blog |
For those who love renovation projects, the idea of buying a fixer-upper — either to keep as a BRRRR or to flip and sell — is intriguing. Buy low, sell high, and all that. Except it doesn’t always happen that way. Before investing in a fixer-upper home, consider all...
by Emma Dudley | Last updated Mar 23, 2021 | General Property Management, Real Estate Investing, Spark Blog |
Becoming a landlord is stressful enough without getting nickeled and dimed by property managers. When you hire a property manager, you delegate the labor of advertising vacant rentals, screening tenants, signing lease agreements, and collecting rent to them. For the...
by Emma Dudley | Last updated Mar 9, 2021 | Real Estate Investing, Spark Blog |
While homeowners don’t typically have to worry about how many mortgages they can have, real estate investors do. They don’t just want a primary residence and maybe a second home — they want to build a portfolio of as many income-producing properties as they can. And...
by Emma Dudley | Last updated Mar 2, 2021 | Real Estate Investing, Spark Blog |
Closing costs add up quickly, for both the buyer and the seller. To put it simply, closing costs include all those extra fees and taxes in a property transaction. They usually range from three to five percent of the sales price of the property for the buyer, and even...