by G. Brian Davis | Last updated Feb 28, 2023 | Personal Finance, Real Estate Investing, Spark Blog |
Going to work every day and getting a paycheck every two weeks? That’s active income. Being self-employed? Freelance work and side gigs? All active income too. Active income is money that you have to work in order to earn, on an ongoing basis. It’s trading time for...
by G. Brian Davis | Last updated Feb 24, 2023 | Real Estate Investing, Spark Blog |
If you earn $1 on a $0 investment, what’s the rate of return? What about $100? $1,000? The answer’s the same: any return on a $0 investment is an “infinite return,” since you’re dividing into zero. You earn something on an investment of nothing. But how does that...
by G. Brian Davis | Last updated Feb 21, 2023 | Real Estate Investing, Spark Blog |
There’s a lot to like about the Lofty real estate crowdfunding platform. You can buy fractional shares in investment properties for just $50 apiece, collect daily rental income, and sell those shares whenever you want. But their secondary market for buying and selling...
by G. Brian Davis | Last updated Feb 21, 2023 | Real Estate Investing, Spark Blog |
As someone who teaches people how to invest in rental properties, should I be worried about how easy Arrived makes it to invest without any knowledge or skill? Arrived (formerly Arrived Homes) is a real estate crowdfunding platform that lets you buy fractional shares...
by Christopher Murray | Last updated Feb 17, 2023 | General Property Management, Real Estate Investing, Spark Blog |
When buying a new property, it pays to know what four-point inspections are and why they’re important. A 4-point inspection is an assessment conducted by a qualified professional and it’s an integral part of the real estate process. This assessment looks at the four...
by G. Brian Davis | Last updated Feb 21, 2023 | Personal Finance, Real Estate Investing, Real Estate News, Spark Blog |
Despite being a real estate investor and landlord myself, I love real estate crowdfunding platforms. You can take $10 and invest it in dozens of different properties, rather than investing $100,000 in one property. It comes with a cost, of course. You don’t get the...