Rental Property Deduction Checklist: 20 Tax Deductions for Landlords
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The 3-Step Strategy to Win Your Spouse Over to Real Estate Investing
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...
15 Clever Ways to Come Up with a Down Payment for a Rental Property
For most real estate investors, coming up with the next down payment for a rental property is the greatest barrier to buying. Nowhere is the adage “It takes money to make money” more obvious than in real estate investing! In fact, when we’ve polled in our Landlords &...
Retirement with Real Estate at 32: How Leif Did It
“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...
5 Fundamentals of FIRE from Real Estate
Familiar with the FIRE movement? (Crap did I just call it a “movement”? How cheesy and political-sounding. Let’s start over.) Familiar with the acronym FIRE? There’s a small-but-growing minority of people – myself included – who don’t want to be dependent on their 9-5...Free Landlord Tools
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The Charming & Witty Founders of Spark Rental
Denise Supplee is a landlord and former property manager, with over a decade's experience in legal forms for landlords and property managers. She's also a champion mom and licensed realtor.
G. Brian Davis is a landlord and real estate investor with 15 rental properties. Husband, rental industry expert and compulsive traveler, Brian visited ten countries last year.
Our goal in building Spark Rental? To help other landlords & property managers automate their rentals like we've done, so they can spend more time with the people and passions they love.