Brian Davis
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Landlord & Real Estate Investing Expert
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- Real Estate Investing, Landlord, Credit, Mortgage Finance
- Career Focus
- Real Estate Investing, Landlord
Brian is a landlord and real estate investor, who started his career as the real estate department manager for a national mortgage lender, and has been a lender's home inspector, an account executive specializingin investor renovation loans, a settlement officer, and has overseen dozens of property renovations.
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Why Wealthier People Live Longer
Want another reason to succeed in real estate investing quest to grow wealthy? Here’s one: wealthier people live longer. The phenomenon, known among scientists as the wealth gradient in mortality, is widely documented and accepted. What’s less understood is why wealthier people live longer, although it seems clear that a whole host of reasons contribute, many of which revolve around a generally healthier lifestyle.
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Retirement in America - A Post-Recession Overview of Today's Retirement Realities
In all the devastation caused by the recent recession, one bright spot is the number of Americans paying more attention to their retirement planning. We’ve all heard the ugly stories of people forced to remain working because their retirement investments disappeared, and of people forced to retire early when they lost their jobs and couldn’t find another, but for those of us who aren’t quite at retirement age yet, there are some definite lessons to be learned, if we’re willing to ask ourselves the hard questions.
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The Overlooked Benefits of Being a Landlord
Anyone who’s tried to sell a piece of real estate in the last few years can tell you how frustrating and lengthy the process has been, whether they’re a professional real estate investor or a homeowner. Prices have been sliding consistently, and have only now started to show signs of leveling out, and many renters who have considered buying have decided to remain on the tenant end of a lease agreement. It’s been a tough few years for sellers nationwide, and for everyone whose home is their largest asset.
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Want to Live Like a Billionaire? Start by Following Their Frugality
The first thing most of us assume we could learn from billionaires is how to make more money, not how to save more money. But the fact is many billionaires are quite frugal, a habit developed by years of pinching their spending in order to put as much money as possible into investments. From affordable rental lease housing to driving their unpretentious cars until they die, billionaires have some frugality lessons that the rest of us could stand to learn. 1. Avoid Drivingr
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Favorite Quotes & Thoughts from Brian Davis
"If you're not living on the edge, you're taking up too much room." - Anonymous
How to get started
One of the best resources on the web for beginning landlords and real estate investors is EZ Landlord Forms' landlord article library, which includes summaries of all fifty states' landlord-tenant laws. Their document builder wizards also include State Assist information that summarize relevant state law information at each step of the process for each legal form.
HSH has a free mortgage calculator, which is helpful for determining what you can afford when you're evaluating investment properties.
Brian also keeps a series of real estate investing blogs, including a landlording blog called Landlord Gospel.