Lindsay Davis, CEO – A millennial entrepreneur helping clients' to find their financial freedom using Spartan Invest's full-service turn-key process

Investing in turnkey properties has become a viable alternative method for property investing when you have limited capital to spend. One of the things that scare away some property investors have to pay a price that’s more than they can afford. While you should never pay full retail value, sometimes properties get priced too high in an inflated sales market and you just don’t have a choice. The benefits of turnkey properties are numerous, especially when you invest within emerging markets. These turnkey properties already reside in strong neighborhoods, so you immediately have a positive property investment in place. Turnkey properties can save you considerable time and money. Besides helping you find and keep tenants, a real estate investment firm will assist with property management. This is huge for some investors because property management makes or breaks the investment. Many investors want property managers with boots on the ground and who have a personal interest in the property and area. This also allows you to purchase out of state, without having to worry about how the property is being managed.

Spartan Invest is one such property investment solutions providing platform that strives to empower the pursuit of financial freedom. The company achieves this by providing you with a fully-managed approach to real estate investing. They locate and renovate properties in desirable, emerging markets while maintaining in-house management. Their culture of camaraderie allows their team to deliver exceptional service through communication and transparency, while you reap the benefits of a legacy well-built.

Leveraging State-of-the-Art Turnkey Real Estate Solutions

Property Analysis: Every good real estate investment starts with finding the right property. Spartan Invest has a dedicated team of inventory specialists who review more than 300 properties each week. As they are reviewing each property they have a proprietary list of ideal attributes that they look for in each property. Only about 1% of all properties they review qualify as ideal and those are the properties that the company purchases. Their vetting process yields the best houses with the highest margins for return. After selecting an ideal property, Spartan Invest has access to over $10M in liquid capital, which allows us to act quickly and purchase the best deals in cash. This capital access gives us the ability to bid on foreclosures, make cash offers and seize opportunities that other buyers may not be able to capitalize on.

Renovation: The fastest way to add value to an investment property is a complete renovation. For Spartan Invest, that typically means a new roof, new heating and cooling system, updated kitchens and baths, and new hardwood floors. Spartan Invest has created a streamlined process to reduce renovation cost and maximize return. They have their own dedicated team of general contractors and specialists who work exclusively for Spartan Invest. This allows us to avoid high outside vendor costs while ensuring the quality of work. Because they renovate so many houses, they have created a system of standard renovations that allow us to buy materials in bulk. For example every home they renovate gets the same fixtures in the kitchen and baths. This allows us to buy the fixtures in bulk at discounted rates. It also makes repairs easier because the repair team knows what to expect when they get a repair ticket. At Spartan Invest, they take care of your investment property like it was their own.

New Construction: The Spartan Process is incredibly streamlined when it comes to restoring the properties the company acquires. It works so well that they use the same plan when building from the ground up. The company maintains the same high-quality results by using many of the same choice products. Their new development process is very standard and straightforward, just like the renovation process. You can rest in knowing that your property will be a sturdy investment with a newly constructed property. Spartan Invest has helped guide many investors through the purchase process. It starts with setting investment goals. Once they have found the right property for you, the expert team at Spartan Invest can walk you through financing options and explain the pros and cons of financing versus cash purchase. Every investor is different, but Spartan has the resources to assist you with your purchase no matter which financing option you decide

Leasing: It is possibly the most critical component for an investment property. You make money on your investment by having a tenant. Therefore, it is critical that you achieve maximum occupancy year-over-year. The leasing team at Spartan Invest has been marketing and leasing rental property for over 10 years. The company's property management company, Atlas Rental Property, takes a customer service approach when it comes to leasing. They currently staff four certified real estate agents to serve as their Leasing Agent and find the highest qualified tenants for the rental properties. Not only are these agents available seven days a week, but every property is equipped with self-showing lockboxes. Good leasing starts with having a good inventory of properties. Offering higher end properties leads to placing a more qualified tenant and maximizing occupancy rates. Spartan Invest is very careful about the houses they purchase. After ensuring that they have the best properties, Spartan follows a proprietary marketing plan for every property in their management portfolio. This plan has been tested and refined over many years and now includes a mix of online and traditional marketing strategies that the will generate the most quality tenant leads.

Meet the Leader

Lindsay Davis serves as the Chief Executive Officer for Spartan Invest and Atlas Rental Property. With Lindsay’s leadership, Spartan Invest has ranked on the Inc. 5000's Fastest-Growing Companies in the country for eight consecutive years since 2013. She is a millennial entrepreneur and has played an integral role in creating five brands and four companies, generating a combined revenue of almost $50 million. She presides over nearly $25 million in total assets and manages the company’s entire retail portfolio, which consists of over 1,800 rental properties. She also coordinates, manages, and directs the supply network of approximately 200 vendors.

Lindsay was recognized by the Birmingham Business Journal as one of the Decade's Top 40 Under 40. She has also received various awards from the Stevie Awards for Women in Business, giving her the titles of International Woman of the Year and Female Executive of the Year over the last few years. Davis also gives back to her community by supporting  The Nature Conservancy in Alabama, United Way, and Redemptive Cycles. She also spends her personal time with GirlSpring, Inc., a non-profit that focuses on the issues and concerns of girls and young women.

On top of her impressive list of professional accomplishments, Davis is a mother to three beautiful children and is inspirational as an executive leader and as a devoted pillar of her family. Davis has achieved an impressive balance of personal and professional endeavors, accomplishing so much so early in her career.

"We locate, purchase and rehab the property then find and manage the tenants. You simply invest in a turn-key property and monitor your investment from the comfort of your own home."