by G. Brian Davis | Last updated Mar 12, 2024 | Active Real Estate Investing, Spark Blog |
Looking for a way to invest in real estate short-term, and wondering “Is Groundfloor legit?” Groundfloor offers a rare short-term real estate investment, letting you invest money toward hard money loans. These loans to real estate investors typically come with terms...
by G. Brian Davis | Last updated Nov 9, 2023 | Active Real Estate Investing, Personal Finance, Spark Blog |
Whether you’re looking for a way to lower your down payment on a flip or a way to house hack for free housing, live-in flips might just be the answer. But what is a live-in flip, and how exactly does it work? How do you finance them? Here’s everything you need to know...
by G. Brian Davis | Last updated Jan 12, 2024 | Active Real Estate Investing, FIRE, Fun & Travel, Spark Blog |
If you’ve ever wondered “What are REO’s?” just talk to John Soforic. He reached financial independence in his 40s after learning how to buy bank-owned properties, and today owns over a hundred of them. But he certainly didn’t start out...
by G. Brian Davis | Last updated Jan 12, 2024 | FIRE, Fun & Travel, Spark Blog |
Want to tap your retirement accounts earlier than 59 ½? You can withdraw money from your tax-sheltered retirement funds earlier, tax- and penalty-free, using a strategy called a Roth conversion ladder. But as the name suggests, it takes “a bit of doing” as my father...
by G. Brian Davis | Last updated May 12, 2023 | Property Management, Spark Blog |
People are clumsy, dirty, accident-prone Tasmanian devils. That goes double for children, and says nothing of pets. Homeowners are no better, but they have so much money invested in their property that they take more care not to damage it. But renters? Fuhget about...
by Guest Author | Last updated Dec 26, 2024 | Passive Real Estate Investing, Spark Blog |
In decades past, when investors wanted to add real estate to their portfolios, they’d buy shares in public real estate investment trusts (REITs). But do publicly-traded REITs actually offer any diversification benefit? How correlated are their returns to stocks? Strap...