Real Estate Investment Advice

A downturn in the stock market can have a major impact on your portfolio. One way to help mitigate this impact is to diversify, especially by investing in real estate. Diversification is about ensuring that all your financial eggs aren’t in one basket. While this concept is simple enough, many investors fail to implement it sufficiently. An investor may assume a portfolio invested largely in stocks is diversified, since it includes stocks of different market caps, geographic locations, and sectors. While this portfolio is more diverse than one invested in only a handful of stocks, it fails to account for […]

Lindsay Davis, of Spartan Invest, and Jeff Parmer, of the Law Offices of Jeff W. Parmer, discuss how the closing process is being impacted in these uncertain times. Jeff Parmer is a Closing Attorney in Birmingham, Alabama, that Spartan Invest uses for many of their closings. As the world responds to COVID-19, many investors are curious to know how the process of purchasing an investment property could potentially be impacted.

Lindsay Davis, CEO of Spartan Invest, and Dan Zitofsky, President and CEO of Zitofsky Capital Management, talk about how to cultivate a healthy portfolio that will stand strong throughout the highs and lows of the economy. Currently, the world is coming to terms with how to manage their investments during the global health crisis that we are all being affected by. Dan and Lindsay chat about their own experiences in their individual markets and how they are handling the day to day business of owning and managing rental properties. Listen in to see what they are witnessing right now and […]

Aaron Chapman, of Security National Mortgage Company, and Maureen McCann, with Spartan Invest, discuss how to forge ahead in today’s turbulent times! We’re talking about interest rates, investing in hard assets, and how COVID-19 is affecting the real estate market.

In a perfect world, an amazing real estate opportunity would exist close by in an area that you were already intimately familiar with. For many people this simply isn’t the case, but it doesn’t mean you can’t invest in real estate. In fact, to limit your real estate investment opportunities based on geography is like limiting the stocks you purchase to companies headquartered in your state – it unnecessarily decreases your options and can cause you to miss out on many great investment opportunities. Remote real estate offers many people the opportunity to invest outside of high-end markets and invest […]

Massive amounts of debt have become a fact of life for many people, especially young people. Therefore, it’s no surprise that the idea of a debt free lifestyle has been gaining traction. Proponents of a debt free lifestyle claim that eliminating all debt leads to more financial freedom and less stress. But all debt is not created equal. Paying off debt certainly has its place, but under the right circumstances, taking on debt, such as in the form of a mortgage, can actually help you make money. Instead of eliminating all debt, a better strategy is to learn the difference […]