Brian Davis is a real estate investor and personal finance writer with over two decades in the real estate and finance industries. After graduating from University of Delaware in 2003 with two useless B.A. degrees and an even more useless minor in anthropology, he fell headfirst into real estate finance by accident.
Then he promptly went on a property buying spree from 2005-2008. It was what you might call a “learning experience,” all of the lessons expensive.
Eventually, Brian tired of landlording and unloaded his own portfolio of rental properties. But he still loved real estate as an investment, and today he owns fractional shares in over 2,000 units.
The difference? Nowadays he only invests passively in real estate.
Along with his wife and daughter, Brian spends most of the year abroad living by his own rules. He loves hiking, cooking, pairing wine with said cooking, scuba diving, and occasionally surfing (badly). And writing: he writes as a real estate and personal finance expert for Inman, BiggerPockets, R.E.tipster and dozens of other publishers.
Most of all, Brian loves showing others how they too can create their ideal lives through real estate investing and lifestyle design.
Not thrilled with your local real estate market? Invest long-distance in a turnkey rental property. Brian interviews turnkey investing expert Ali Boone of Hipster Investments about how to do due diligence on real estate investments long-distance, how to build a...
One of the most common critiques of the FIRE movement (financial independence, retire early) goes as follows: “Sure, you can live off your investments when times are good, but what happens when the market crashes?” A valid question, and one that every prospective...
With residential rental properties so expensive right now, should you consider alternative niche real estate investments? Deni and Brian do a quick tour through niche real estate investments, including: Section 8 housing Short-term and corporate rentals Land...
Late rents are a perpetual headache for landlords. At best, they're an inconvenience and mean having to chase down tenants like you're their parent. At worst, they cause your own mortgage payment to be late, and force you to go through the long, tedious, expensive...
Not a big ol’ nerd for personal finance and real estate like I am? No sweat. We’ll keep the math simple. After all, math is a lot more fun when you’re calculating your future riches, right? Break out a cocktail napkin (and a cocktail to match), because calculating cap...
Nationwide, home prices are up nearly 11% over the last year. But rents are up less than 1%, and in many of the largest cities they've dropped 5-10%. Which means rental returns and cap rates are dropping in most markets. Should you keep investing in rental properties?...
Who wants to wait until their 60s to retire? Brian sits down with Rick Orford of The Financially Independent Millennial to discuss exactly how he retired in his 30s and moved to Italy. We talk about how he started, grew, and sold two businesses, how he blew most of...
In the midst of the ongoing eviction moratorium, many landlords have asked us: How can I get rid of a bad tenant, if not through eviction? Deni and Brian walk through four alternatives to the formal eviction process, to remove bad tenants. As a reminder, landlords...
Tenants are hell on your rental properties. Repairs and maintenance costs typically amount to 10-15% of the gross rents landlord receive, averaged over time. To keep that figure as low as possible, you want to "tenant-proof" your rental properties as much as possible....
Average people love to say “money can’t buy happiness.” They’re not only wrong, they’re deluding themselves — and probably not very happy. Many of the same blowhards lob around cliches like “money is the root of all evil.” Guess what? Lack of money is the true root of...
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