Rental Property Deduction Checklist: 16 Tax Deductions for Landlords
The billionaires of the world are not doctors or lawyers, they’re entrepreneurs. Specifically, they are people who started their own businesses, whether those businesses are online, brick and mortar, or real estate empires. Starting and owning a business provides a...
New Study: Rental Properties the Best Investment of the Last 145 Years
Cats or dogs? Coffee or tea? Real estate or stocks? Age old questions. And while I’m a firm believer in both, sometimes you have to make a judgment call based on limited cash available to invest. What performs the best over the long term? For that matter, where do...
Expansion vs. Consolidation Cycles: When to Invest & When to Tackle Debt
“Should I pay down my mortgage(s) or invest in new rental properties?” Nor does that question end with mortgages and new investment properties. When should you pay down student loan debt, and when should you invest in equities? When should you pay down credit card...
How One Couple Moved Abroad & Retired at 28 with Rentals
(Article updated 12/18/17) 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...
Home Loan vs. Investor Loan: What Your Lender Wants You to Know
This is a guest post by Bethany Ramos, a writer and real estate financing expert with Cornerstone Home Lending. Buying an investment property sounds like a far-off fantasy when you buy your first house. But it may comfort you to know that investment home sales are...Learn More About:
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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.
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.