A lifestyle blog following my journey as a physician-scientist, real estate investor, and mother.
After 7 weeks, I finally took my Step 1 exam. It feels so good to be done. Second year was a whirlwind and I took a step back from writing blog posts to focus on school. Now, I’m getting ready to transition into my PhD phase and with that hopefully I’ll get back to writing regularly. While I was eyes deep in studying, something exciting also happened: We got another property! The Queens duplex is […]
It’s week five of the One Room Challenge! If you’re new to the challenge, twice a year, in the spring and fall, 20 featured designers and hundreds of bloggers/instagrammers as guest participants take 6-weeks to redesign one room! It’s hard to believe it’s already the final week of this challenge. I’ll have quite a bit to do this week to make this room happen. But I’m ready to push through and do what I can […]
This post contains affiliate links. For more information, see my full disclosure policy. It’s the third week of the One Room Challenge! If you’re new to the challenge, twice a year, in the spring and fall, 20 featured designers and hundreds of bloggers/instagrammers as guest participants take 6-weeks to redesign one room! This past week involved getting the rest of the glue off of the walls, patching holes, and doing some last minute demo. One […]
This post contains affiliate links. For more information, see my full disclosure policy. This is the second week of the One Room Challenge! If you’re new to the challenge, twice a year, in the spring and fall, 20 featured designers and hundreds of bloggers/instagrammers as guest participants take 6-weeks to redesign one room! This past week has been a busy one, just not so much in the dining room, unfortunately. I had one of my […]
This summer has just flown by and I can’t believe I’ve already finished the first week of my second year of medical school! I wanted to take some time to share what I’ve been up to this summer. We’ve moved into the house! Finally. I’m using the term “moved into” loosely here. We’re living in the house, but it’s far from finished. When I was talking to my mom back in January about my older […]
Owning rental properties is an excellent way to reach financial independence. It is generally passive income, but it won’t always start out that way. There’s a learning curve when it comes to becoming a new landlord. In our first 5 months of owning a rental property, we’ve had our fair share of learning experiences. Here is my advice to you in preparing to become a new landlord. 1. KNOW THE LAW One of the most important […]
This post contains affiliate links. For more information, see my full disclosure policy. Now that we’re getting into May, it’s nice to finally see that the main bathroom renovation is coming to a close! It’s been a long process and we still have a lot to do. But we’ve learned a ton along the way, sometimes the hard way. It’s also surreal approaching the end of the main bathroom renovation. It feels like we’ve been […]
Jason and I have talked about starting to invest in real estate for a while now. We probably started talking about it during my sophomore year in college (over 5 years ago). However, this is something Jason has had in his mind for a long time. He always had this idea of a two-family home being his first home, but our plans became more definitive as we discussed it further. There are several reasons why […]
This post contains affiliate links. For more information, see my full disclosure policy. We have big plans for this house, well, they’re big for us at least. There are quite a few things that we need or want to do immediately, but there are others that will be projects to complete along the way. Either way, we need to stay organized, keep our renovation on track, and keep on budget. Here are some things we […]
We are homeowners! This is a pretty awesome feeling. We finally closed on the house last Wednesday and it’s still setting in. Yes, it took longer than we wanted, but I’m ecstatic. Here’s how closing day went. The Walkthrough We did our final walkthrough at 9am the day of closing. We were initially planning to do it the day before, but the upstairs tenant was not available. Getting the first floor apartment cleaned out could […]