by G. Brian Davis | Last updated Sep 24, 2024 | Active Real Estate Investing, Personal Finance, Spark Blog |
TL;DR On Buying Your First Rental Property: Rental properties require more upfront investment and expertise than equities, like index funds, making them less accessible but potentially offering higher returns with lower volatility due to these entry barriers. Various...
by Denise Supplee | Last updated Apr 16, 2024 | Property Management, Spark Blog |
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...
by Denise Supplee | Last updated Apr 16, 2024 | Property Management, Real Estate News, Spark Blog |
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...
by G. Brian Davis | Last updated Nov 28, 2024 | Property Management, Spark Blog |
The Big Picture on Our Prorated Rent Calculator: Prorated rent refers to charging a tenant for a partial month’s rent when the lease starts or ends mid-month. For instance, if a lease begins on September 25, the tenant would owe rent for the remaining days of...
by Guest Author | Last updated Dec 31, 2023 | Active Real Estate Investing, Spark Blog |
Beaten by a cash offer on your last real estate offer to purchase? You’re not alone. The percentage of cash offers in real estate markets across the country have surged to 25% per the National Association of Realtors, up from just 15% a year ago. Still, you...
by G. Brian Davis | Last updated Jul 27, 2023 | Active Real Estate Investing, Spark Blog |
It’s been hard to find good deals on investment properties over the last few years. Fueled by low inventory, especially among starter homes, the last five years have seen home values skyrocket. Look no further than Zillow’s Home Value Index, which leapt from $163,000...