House Hacking: 10 Ways to Live for Free (Even in a Single-Family Home)
I live for free. Before that, I only paid around 30% of my mortgage payment. How? By finding ways to have other people pay my housing costs. It’s called house hacking, and there are many ways to achieve it. Not all of them require you to move, either. Here’s...
How to Make Money Real Estate Investing: 8 Competitive Advantages
Anyone exploring how to make money real estate investing needs to answer a single question: “What sets me apart from competing investors?” In other words, what’s your competitive advantage? In any business, from a Fortune 500 corporation to successful real estate...
12 Best Real Estate Investing Podcasts in 2021
Podcasts offer a convenient, semi-passive way to consume content and get educated. You can listen to them while you’re working out, driving, walking the dog, or cooking dinner. They’re also free, which doesn’t hurt. So, we decided to round up the best real estate...
Can Real Estate Replace Bonds in Your Retirement Portfolio?
The year I was born (1981), US Treasury bonds paid over 15% interest. Times sure have changed. Today, you can expect a paltry 2% interest rate (or worse) from Treasury bonds. Which raises questions and suspicions about the traditional investing advice to roll your...Looking for Landlord Loans?
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The Charming & Witty Founders of Spark Rental
Denise Supplee is a landlord and former property manager, with over a decade's experience in legal forms for landlords and property managers. She's also a champion mom and licensed realtor.
G. Brian Davis is a real estate investor and writer who, along with his wife and daughter, spends most of the year overseas. He loves hiking, exotic wine, travel, and food, not necessarily in that order. He plans to reach financial independence by age 42.
Our goal in building Spark Rental? To help other landlords & property managers automate their rentals like we've done, so they can spend more time with the people and passions they love.