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.
Democratic candidate Joe Biden has proposed a comprehensive series of tax changes, and with him leading in most polls down the stretch of the election, it begs the question: how would his tax changes affect real estate investors? Brian takes a politics-free look at...
Between social distancing, the eviction moratorium, high unemployment, and a competitive real estate market, many people have discounted the idea of house hacking during the pandemic. Don't make that mistake! There are plenty of ways to house hack that don't involve...
Becky Nova bought her first home in 2018. By 2020, she was financially independent, earning enough rental income to cover her living expenses. How'd she do it? Brian hosts Becky on the Live Off Rents podcast to talk about house hacking, scaling her portfolio,...
Don't expect to find good real estate deals just lying around on the MLS. Especially in a hot housing market. No, you need to go out and create those deals. To score good real estate deals, you need to look off-market. But if there's no "deal tree" you can walk up to...
Three years ago, Becky Nova had no interest in even owning a home, much less becoming a real estate investor. Today she owns ten units and teaches women how to invest in real estate and build passive income from rental properties. “I’m a traveler, the free spirit type...
It's been a strange year for investing. And nowhere stranger than real estate, in which some markets have seen property prices shoot up by 10% or more. Then you have the eviction ban, high unemployment rates, and high rent default rates all playing a role as well. So...
Concerned about an eviction crisis looming in late 2020 or early 2021? There's certainly been enough press about it. One might go so far as to use the term "panic porn." But what are the actual numbers? How many American tenants are actually behind on rent? How do...
On a scale from 1-10, how financially stable are you? Financial stability is not the same as financial literacy or savviness. Deni and Brian walk through a ten-point list of questions and indicators of financial stability, helping you identify your financial strengths...
Most months, landlords can simply cash their rent check. (Or better yet, just watch the rent get direct deposited in their bank account.) Then suddenly they have a $5,000 repair, or tenants who stop paying the rent, or a vacant unit they have to fill. The rental unit...
Do you want to invest in real estate, but your spouse remains skeptical? If you and your spouse don't share the same financial vision and goals, you're in trouble. One spouse tugs the rope in one direction, the other yanks in the opposite direction, and your bottom...
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