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Interest Rates on Loans for Investment Properties: March 2023 Rates

Interest Rates on Loans for Investment Properties: March 2023 Rates

by Yvonne Reilly | Last updated Mar 4, 2023 | Real Estate Investing, Spark Blog | 26 comments

Wondering what interest rates you can expect to pay on loans for investment properties? It depends on your credit score of course, and on your other risk factors as a borrower. But it also largely depends on what type of investment property loan you borrow.  Here are...
How to Finance Rental Properties When You’re Self-Employed

How to Finance Rental Properties When You’re Self-Employed

by Yvonne Reilly | Last updated Aug 20, 2022 | Real Estate Investing, Spark Blog | 2 comments

Yes, getting a mortgage for a rental property can be tricky for the self-employed. But as a self-employed entrepreneur, you do harder things every day. If you want passive income and financial freedom sooner rather than later, leveraging other people’s money is...
How to Negotiate Real Estate Deals: The Investor’s Go-To Guide

How to Negotiate Real Estate Deals: The Investor’s Go-To Guide

by Yvonne Reilly | Last updated Sep 27, 2019 | Real Estate Investing, Spark Blog | 12 comments

In a scorching real estate market with sky-high property prices, how can you compete against other investors? Just landing any acceptable rental property can seem impossible, let alone scoring a stellar deal. But you can propel yourself to the top of a long line of...
Apartment Applications vs. House Rental Applications: What Landlords Need to Know

Apartment Applications vs. House Rental Applications: What Landlords Need to Know

by Yvonne Reilly | Last updated Jun 23, 2019 | Advertising & Tenant Screening, Spark Blog | 4 comments

Whether you’re a burgeoning property magnate with a string of properties or just starting as a landlord, tenant screening remains the most important task you can do as a landlord.  To protect your investment and your passive income, you must have a completed rental...
What’s the Best Property Management Software for Your Business?

What’s the Best Property Management Software for Your Business?

by Yvonne Reilly | Last updated Apr 19, 2019 | Advertising & Tenant Screening, General Property Management, Leasing Issues, Spark Blog | 0 comments

Why work when you can automate? The whole point of investing in rental properties is passive income. If you’re spending your nights and weekends manually collecting rental applications, writing lease agreements or collecting rent payments, you’re doing it...
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