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...
by G. Brian Davis | Last updated Nov 22, 2024 | Active Real Estate Investing, Personal Finance, Spark Blog |
How bright is each of those Chinese lanterns above, by its lonesome? Not very bright. Around what a second-rate pulp novelist might describe as “a dull glow.” But standing in that crowd, with a thousand lanterns in the air above you? I bet you could...
by G. Brian Davis | Last updated Jan 12, 2024 | Personal Finance, Real Estate News, Spark Blog |
What has a greater impact on your wealth, your savings rate or the returns you earn on your investments? A recent analysis by Pension Partners offers some decisive proof that savings rate trumps ROI, demonstrating that discipline matters more than clever...
by Denise Supplee | Last updated Apr 16, 2024 | Active Real Estate Investing, Personal Finance, Spark Blog |
Singlemomhood, is that even a word? If not, perhaps it should be. I mean parenthood is a word! Recently, just for “gits and shiggles” as they say, I posted on Facebook: “I remember being a single mom back in the day! It’s hard! Hey single parents: what do you think is...
by G. Brian Davis | Last updated Jan 12, 2024 | Active Real Estate Investing, Personal Finance, Property Management, Spark Blog |
Being a parent is endless work. And if entrepreneurship also requires endless work, then what is infinity multiplied by infinity? Then double the responsibilities again, for a single mom. And, stay with me here, imagine that our heroine also invests in real...