by G. Brian Davis | Last updated Nov 3, 2023 | Active Real Estate Investing, Passive Real Estate Investing, Real Estate News, Spark Blog |
We send out a monthly update about all the past deals we’ve invested in through our Co-Investing Club. Most of the real estate syndication projects are doing fine. A few have narrower cash flow than forecast, due to soaring interest rates, and have delayed starting...
by Jim Pfeifer | Last updated Nov 6, 2023 | Passive Real Estate Investing, Personal Finance, Spark Blog, Tax Tips for Real Estate |
A few years ago, I sold all of my multifamily properties as well as a few of my single-family turnkey properties. As I was getting ready to sell, I contacted Nate Busch, my CPA, and asked him how I could avoid the capital gains taxes on these assets. The market had...
by G. Brian Davis | Last updated Nov 6, 2023 | Passive Real Estate Investing, Personal Finance, Spark Blog |
If you’ve never heard the term “real estate syndication,” you’re not alone. Most people haven’t, and even fewer know what a real estate syndication is or how they work. Historically, only the wealthy could access private equity investments like these. That has ...
by Guest Author | Last updated Dec 11, 2023 | 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...
by G. Brian Davis | Last updated Dec 11, 2023 | Passive Real Estate Investing, Personal Finance, Spark Blog |
Like the idea of steady investing every month in real estate, but don’t know how to do it? Many investors (myself included) use dollar cost averaging to invest in stocks. It’s easy, because you can buy shares in an ETF for $50-100. That’s a lot harder to do with...
by Kim Pinelli | Last updated Nov 6, 2023 | Active Real Estate Investing, Passive Real Estate Investing, Personal Finance, Spark Blog, Tax Tips for Real Estate |
Ever hear that “real estate investors pay next to nothing in income taxes”? While not true, real estate investors do enjoy sweeping tax deductions. From writing off most closing costs to maintenance and repairs, landlord insurance to rent default insurance, property...