In this episode of the Millionaire Mindcast, our guest is Brian Davis who shares his real estate investing journey, being an expat living around the world, insights on how he sequentially built-up to where he is today, integrating syndication, the buy-criteria for deals and diversifying it, and how to live your ideal lifestyle without actually being financially free!
Brian Davis is a rental industry expert, passionate real estate & personal finance educator, freelance writer for Inman, R.E.Tipster, Coach Carson, Think Save Retire, 1500 Days, Money Crashers, and of course, BiggerPockets, and Co-Founder at Spark Rental, a real estate investment club that help people and landlords grow and manage their rental portfolio, and reach financial independence through education and tools. He loves writing and hosting online classes.
He managed an e-commerce company for almost eight years, during which time the company exploded from a tiny startup to an international corporation. He had also served as the Real Estate Department Manager for Bay Capital Corporation, a national mortgage lender. Then, he gradually scales up his real estate investing career. Today, Brian owns an interest in over 1,500 units and has owned dozens of rental properties. This allows him to live around the world for 8 years now. Brian is living an ideal lifestyle without actually being financially independent!
Some Questions I Ask:
Give us some insights on from where you started and where you are today?
Talk about your investing journey?
What do you say to the person who wants to start integrating in the world of syndication, and avoid some of the mistakes that a lot of people make going that path?
What are some of the deal types that you guys are presenting and bringing to your community?
What do you see on multi-family deals that are coming across your plate, and some of the ones you are investing in?
Talk about the average deals, size, IRRs, and some of the buy-criteria that you’re looking for in terms of a deal you invest in?
Talk a little bit about Spark Rental, what is it, who’s that for, and what’s tradition there?
In This Episode, You Will Learn:
Why Brian hates being a landlord.
Investing real estate with lesser capital.
How to live your ideal lifestyle without actually being financially independent.
Quotes:
“Part of being in business is solving problems.”
Connect with Brian Davis on:
https://sparkrental.com/free-class-passive-real-estate-syndications/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/g-brian-davis-ab3a4b20/?originalSubdomain=br
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