by G. Brian Davis | Last updated Jan 12, 2024 | Active Real Estate Investing, Personal Finance, Spark Blog |
How quickly could you reach financial independence, if you could live on half your income and invest the rest? When would you be able to retire, with that change in the math? Probably within five years, and almost certainly under ten. Remember, financial...
by G. Brian Davis | Last updated Jan 11, 2024 | Active Real Estate Investing, Personal Finance, Spark Blog |
Image Credit: Kgbo under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 International license Imagine what your life would look like with no rent or mortgage payment. A smile-worthy thought, eh? Especially given that 11 million Americans spend half (!) of...
by Denise Supplee | Last updated Apr 16, 2024 | Personal Finance, Real Estate News, Spark Blog |
As a Realtor, I’m increasingly asked about the new trend of “apartment locator” companies. What’s all the hoopla about? An apartment finder or locator does exactly that: they scout available rental housing and provide a list of properties that meet their...
by G. Brian Davis | Last updated Nov 9, 2023 | Personal Finance, Spark Blog |
Two-thirds of American homeowners take out a mortgage when they buy their home, and even more investors use real estate leverage (other people’s money) to expand their portfolio. Are they wrong to do so? Not necessarily, although some people borrow more than...
by G. Brian Davis | Last updated Jan 11, 2024 | Active Real Estate Investing, Personal Finance, Spark Blog |
You’ve probably heard of house hacking – buying a duplex or small multi-unit property, so that you can move into one unit and have your neighboring renters pay the mortgage. But what if you’re buying (or own) a single-family home? One option is bringing on a...
by G. Brian Davis | Last updated Jan 12, 2024 | Active Real Estate Investing, Personal Finance, Spark Blog |
Answer honestly: would you rather be the kind of person who complains about others’ success, or would you rather be the kind of person who achieves success? Sure, when we put it like that, it’s easy to say “I’d rather be successful than sit around blaming the...