by G. Brian Davis | Last updated Jan 11, 2024 | Active Real Estate Investing, Personal Finance, Spark Blog |
Image Credit: Kgbo under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 International license Imagine what your life would look like with no rent or mortgage payment. A smile-worthy thought, eh? Especially given that 11 million Americans spend half (!) of...
by Denise Supplee | Last updated Apr 16, 2024 | Personal Finance, Real Estate News, Spark Blog |
As a Realtor, I’m increasingly asked about the new trend of “apartment locator” companies. What’s all the hoopla about? An apartment finder or locator does exactly that: they scout available rental housing and provide a list of properties that meet their...
by G. Brian Davis | Last updated Nov 9, 2023 | Personal Finance, Spark Blog |
Two-thirds of American homeowners take out a mortgage when they buy their home, and even more investors use real estate leverage (other people’s money) to expand their portfolio. Are they wrong to do so? Not necessarily, although some people borrow more than...
by G. Brian Davis | Last updated Jan 12, 2024 | Property Management, Spark Blog |
“I’ll just use this free template I stumbled across online as my lease agreement.” – Attributed to the Common Newbie Landlord, scientific name Stultus novitius. If the idea above has ever occurred to you, you’re probably lucky enough to have never been to rent...
by Denise Supplee | Last updated Apr 16, 2024 | Active Real Estate Investing, Property Management, Spark Blog |
Once upon a time, there was a young girl with big aspirations! That little girl is much older now and has had the time of her life learning, growing, failing and learning some more. Real estate, construction, leasing, investing, selling; it’s been her life...
by G. Brian Davis | Last updated Jan 11, 2024 | Active Real Estate Investing, Personal Finance, Spark Blog |
You’ve probably heard of house hacking – buying a duplex or small multi-unit property, so that you can move into one unit and have your neighboring renters pay the mortgage. But what if you’re buying (or own) a single-family home? One option is bringing on a...