by G. Brian Davis | Last updated Jan 12, 2024 | Active Real Estate Investing, Personal Finance, Spark Blog |
It’s hard being a single parent. You’re constantly triaging all the demands on your time. You have a full-time job, full-time parenting responsibilities, and of course you have to manage a household entirely on your own. And that’s before you even think about...
by G. Brian Davis | Last updated Jan 12, 2024 | Active Real Estate Investing, FIRE, Fun & Travel, Personal Finance, Spark Blog |
I met Ashley Thompson in a Facebook group of Mustachians. No, she doesn’t have a mustache. She, like tens of thousands of people around the world, has embraced the financial discipline and minimalism preached by Mr. Money Mustache. (His blog remains one of the best...
by G. Brian Davis | Last updated Dec 31, 2023 | Active Real Estate Investing, Personal Finance, Spark Blog |
When I first started dating my (now) wife, she saw me lose money on a real estate deal. As a first impression for real estate investing, it left a lot to be desired. And it’s been a long road since, in warming her to the enterprise of real estate investing. It’s a...
by G. Brian Davis | Last updated Jan 12, 2024 | Active Real Estate Investing, FIRE, Fun & Travel, Personal Finance, Spark Blog |
“I reached financial independence at 32 with a wife, a house, and two kids, primarily through real estate investments.” Meet Leif Kristjansen. Leif lives a quiet, pleasant life with his family. Except when it’s not quiet, when he and his family run off to Europe for...
by G. Brian Davis | Last updated Jan 12, 2024 | Active Real Estate Investing, Personal Finance, Spark Blog |
You can only buy so many properties with conventional mortgage loans, before reaching lender caps. According to most conventional mortgage guidelines, ten properties is a hard ceiling. But even that is generous: most lenders balk if you have four mortgages. If you’re...
by G. Brian Davis | Last updated Jan 12, 2024 | Active Real Estate Investing, FIRE, Fun & Travel, Personal Finance, Spark Blog |
Thought 1: “I think I could retire on what I have invested right now! Woohoo!” Which is quickly followed by Thought 2: “But what if the market crashes the day after I quit my job?” My mother and step-father are in the midst of this conversation right now. That...