Do you find it too risky to invest in syndications on your own? In this week’s episode, let’s hear Brian Davis’ unusual yet income-producing passive investing strategy!

Brian shares how he started to build an investment club for syndication deals and vet opportunities as a group, sharing common goals with other investors, the concept of fractional real estate investing, and providing opportunities to non-accredited investors! Tune in to this show to learn something different today!

Key Points & Relevant Topics

• Brian’s losses in real estate investing and the most important lesson he learned along the way
• Why Brian decided to invest passively in real estate syndications
• A unique business model and strategy Brian utilizes to invest passively
• The role of networking in the success of fractional deals
• How a fractional investing or group investment works for non-accredited investors
• The main challenge with vetting investors, partners, and sponsors abroad
• Brian’s personal experiences of encountering bad sponsors
• Is it difficult to invest in real estate internationally?

Resources & Links
Apartment Syndication Due Diligence Checklist for Passive Investor

About Brian Davis

G. Brian Davis is a real estate investor, personal finance writer, and co-founder of SparkRental.com with over two decades in the real estate and finance industries. He owns an interest in over 2,000 units, adding more each month in a form of dollar cost averaging. In addition to hosting the Live Off Rents podcast, Brian regularly contributes as a real estate and personal finance expert for BiggerPockets, Inman, Best Ever Real Estate, R.E.tipster and more.  

Brian started his career working for a hard money lender, and saw firsthand how investing can build wealth and passive income. He started buying rental properties (albeit without knowing what he was doing), and gradually learned how to do it better.  

Today Brian invests passively, going in with other investors on fractional property deals through a real estate investment club. He leaves direct ownership to people who want a real estate side hustle. Along with his wife and daughter, Brian spends most of the year overseas living by his own rules. He loves hiking, cooking, travel, scuba diving, and occasionally surfing (badly). Most of all, he loves showing others how they too can create their ideal lives through investing and lifestyle design. 

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