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How Much Money Do You Need to Retire 2022: And How Real Estate Changes the Math

How Much Money Do You Need to Retire 2022: And How Real Estate Changes the Math

by G. Brian Davis | Last updated Jun 24, 2022 | FIRE, Fun & Travel, Personal Finance, Real Estate Investing, Spark Blog | 17 comments

Why don’t more people dream of retiring young? It could speak to how many people love their jobs, except that’s not true: 85% of people dislike their jobs. More likely, most people just don’t think they can retire young. Fortunately, anyone earning the median U.S....
How One Single Mom Went from 0 to 6 Rentals in One Year

How One Single Mom Went from 0 to 6 Rentals in One Year

by G. Brian Davis | Last updated Nov 1, 2019 | Personal Finance, Real Estate Investing, Spark Blog | 19 comments

  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...
What Are the Best Cities for Investors? Here’s Where, According to Economic Data

What Are the Best Cities for Investors? Here’s Where, According to Economic Data

by G. Brian Davis | Last updated Oct 10, 2017 | Real Estate Investing, Real Estate News, Spark Blog | 11 comments

Last week, WalletHub released an outstanding set of data ranking hundreds of U.S. cities based on 15 economic indicators. As a real estate investor and writer, that perked my ears right up. What cities are seeing a surge in demand? Where are jobs sprouting up, incomes...
How One Work-at-Home Single Mom Bought Her First Duplex

How One Work-at-Home Single Mom Bought Her First Duplex

by G. Brian Davis | Last updated Jul 24, 2017 | General Property Management, Personal Finance, Real Estate Investing, Spark Blog | 7 comments

  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...
America’s Bad Financial Habits: 7 Ways to Break the Mold of Average Finances

America’s Bad Financial Habits: 7 Ways to Break the Mold of Average Finances

by G. Brian Davis | Last updated Apr 8, 2022 | Personal Finance, Real Estate News, Spark Blog | 8 comments

Image Credit: 401(k) Calculator, CC BY-NC-ND)   Did you know that over a third (34%) of Americans have no savings? Not a penny in their savings account. The news doesn’t get brighter from there. Another 35% admit to having less than $1,000 in savings; that’s not...
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