Data Breakdown: The Best U.S. Markets to Invest in Rental Properties in 2018
Ever get sick of hearing people glibly spout “Location, location, location!”, whenever real estate comes up in a conversation? Yet most real estate investors never look much further beyond their own backyard, when deciding where to invest. Millions of Americans invest...
The Retirement Catch-Up Plan: 7 Steps to Retire in the Next 5-10 Years
As a passive income evangelist, I can’t help but love this gem from Warren Buffett: “If you don’t find a way to make money in your sleep, you will work until you die.” Everyone loves to talk about what separates the wealthy from the proles, the successful from the...
Private Parts: How Far Should Landlords & Investors Go for Privacy?
“When I was your age, we actually had this thing called privacy!” Is privacy dead? Long live privacy? I’ll let the politicians and data pirates debate that point, but here’s what I do know: landlords and real estate investors are juicy targets for lawsuits, so they...
A Family Affair: 8 Ways to Irresistibly Attract High-ROI Family Renters
Kids. Dogs. Cats. Sound like an unholy trinity for high-impact, high-damage to your rental properties? That’s not necessarily untrue, but it’s also not the whole story. Why should landlords go out of their way to attract families? For starters: they stay longer. No,...
Should Landlords Rent to Illegal Immigrants?
*Note on Terminology: Conservatives and liberals can’t even agree on terminology, with conservatives using the pejorative “illegal aliens” and liberals using the cuddly “undocumented immigrants.” We’ll split the difference here and use the term “illegal immigrants,”...Learn More About:
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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.
Brian Davis is a landlord and real estate investor with 15 rental properties. Husband, rental industry expert and compulsive traveler, Brian visited ten countries last year.
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.