by G. Brian Davis | Last updated Dec 28, 2023 | Active Real Estate Investing, Personal Finance, Spark Blog |
Ever thought about partnering on a real estate deal? Cut your risk by 50%? Get twice as much experience working for you? Do twice as many deals? Real estate investing partnerships can be fantastic, helping investors do all of the above. Or they...
by Guest Author | Last updated Jan 12, 2024 | Active Real Estate Investing, Personal Finance, Spark Blog |
A month ago, I sat at the kitchen table with a friend, sorting through her pile of bills. Illness and the loss of her job were making it hard to keep up with her mortgage payments. Suddenly those roadside signs touting “Cash for your home,” “We Buy Ugly Homes,” “Sell...
by G. Brian Davis | Last updated Aug 9, 2023 | Active Real Estate Investing, Personal Finance, Spark Blog |
Who wants to be average? I don’t. If you’re a real estate investor and/or landlord, you probably don’t either. Even homeowners are so far ahead of renters’ wealth that it’s shocking. According to the last Federal Reserve survey (conducted every three years), the...
by G. Brian Davis | Last updated May 16, 2022 | Real Estate News, Spark Blog |
Last year, St. Louis, MO passed a law requiring landlords to accept Housing Choice Voucher (better known as Section 8) tenants. Now, the Metropolitan St. Louis Equal Housing and Opportunity Council (EHOC) has filed its first lawsuit against local landlord M. Jaffe...
by G. Brian Davis | Last updated Jan 11, 2024 | Property Management, Spark Blog |
Last week, a neighbor’s video went viral, showing the gaping hole where the exterior stairs used to be (video further down). A Florida tenant had failed to pay their rent, and the landlord allegedly grew so irate that he removed the staircase that allowed...