by Jim Cirigliano | Last updated Aug 25, 2023 | Active Real Estate Investing, Property Management, Spark Blog |
What is a skip tracer? It sounds like some kind of cool, futuristic sci-fi job — like a cyberpunk private eye who tracks people down through a network of intergalactic wormholes. And in a way, that’s exactly what it is, minus the cyberpunk theme and the part about...
by Michael Lewis | Last updated Jan 12, 2024 | Property Management, Spark Blog |
“At what point should I hire a property manager?” Sooner or later, most real estate investors question whether to hire property management to make their rental income truly passive. I did, and I decided that for me professional management was almost as important as...
by Emma Dudley | Last updated Sep 14, 2023 | Active Real Estate Investing, Property Management, Spark Blog |
Becoming a landlord is stressful enough without getting nickeled and dimed by property managers. When you hire a property manager, you delegate the labor of advertising vacant rentals, screening tenants, signing lease agreements, and collecting rent to them. For the...
by G. Brian Davis | Last updated Jan 12, 2024 | Active Real Estate Investing, Property Management, Spark Blog |
Chocolate or caramel? Rock or hip hop? Passive or active investing in real estate? Some investors love buying rental properties directly and owning them in their entirety. Others prefer buying fractional ownership in real estate, through group real estate...
by G. Brian Davis | Last updated Jan 11, 2024 | Active Real Estate Investing, Property Management, Spark Blog |
When I first started buying rental properties, I had no idea how to calculate rental cash flow. I just assumed the cash flow was “the rent minus the mortgage payment.” I didn’t understand the irregular-but-enormous costs that dictate rental property cash flow. Costs...
by Michael Lewis | Last updated Aug 28, 2023 | Property Management, Spark Blog |
“Possession is nine-tenths of the law.” Adverse possession of property — squatters’ rights — is commonly accepted in countries around the world. In fact, much of the American West was settled by pioneers who moved onto vacant land, built a home, and began raising...