Rent Control in California: Which Cities Restrict Rents?
Almost half of California’s residents live in rentals. The cost of living, especially rental rates, has risen dramatically over the last two decades, creating some of the least affordable rental housing in the world in many California cities. Given California’s...
How to Be an Airbnb Host: 14 Tips for Fast Success
Ever been curious about how to be an Airbnb host? How much extra income could you earn, if you transitioned a property from a long-term to short-term rental? We tracked down several Airbnb experts to explain how to become a host for Airbnb with minimal fuss and...
Is Rental Income Passive? How Much Labor Landlords Should Expect
Most people buy rental properties for passive income. Income that flows in while you vacation, while you play with your kids, while you cook or read or relax by the fireplace. But is rental income passive? In its purest form, passive income requires no effort after...
Rent Stabilization in NYC: What Landlords Need to Know
New Yorkers love to complain about rents. Which is precisely why New York City has more rent-controlled and rent-stabilized units than any other city in the country. With rising home prices and rental rates rising again after falling in the Covid-19 pandemic, here’s...
New Laws Criminalizing Landlords: Is Orange the New Landlord Uniform?
Image Credit: Officer Bimblebury under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license When did we as a society start criminalizing landlords? Like so many other creeping, insidious changes in our society, it didn’t happen overnight. An early...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.