by G. Brian Davis | Last updated Aug 7, 2024 | Active Real Estate Investing, Spark Blog |
As someone who has over-improved his fair share of rental properties, I’ve learned some expensive answers to that question. How do you calculate returns on improvements, when each neighborhood (and sometimes each block) is different? How do you draw a line when...
by G. Brian Davis | Last updated Jan 12, 2024 | Active Real Estate Investing, Personal Finance, Spark Blog |
Need to borrow money for your next real estate deal? Probably. Last week we looked at retirement accounts as a source of real estate funds, in our series Unconventional Loans for Real Estate Investing. This week, we’ll look at a relatively new way to borrow money:...
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...