• Investing for Your Future Self: Real Estate, Time and Rate of Return,Jennifer S. Goodman

    Investing for Your Future Self: Real Estate, Time and Rate of Return

    It’s probably not a surprise that I’ve chosen real estate investing as the vehicle to create wealth and fund my retirement. Fact 1:  I’m a Realtor. So, what else would I say, right?  Well, according to Statistics Fact 2:  Before I was a Realtor, I made more money buying and selling my own homes th

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  • Condos, Small Footprints and Stuff,Jennifer S. Goodman

    Condos, Small Footprints and Stuff

    Your condo footprint means coveted “stuff” only!   With all of the condos and infill houses in Austin, TX being snatched up quickly by investors, first-time buyers, transplants from Houston, Silicon Valley, Colorado and those native Austinites who wish to down-size, our city’s density continues to b

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  • Paying Off Your Mortgage Is NOT a Good Idea,Jennifer S. Goodman

    Paying Off Your Mortgage Is NOT a Good Idea

    Economics dictates that paying off your mortgage can cost you money! Years ago, in the economic heyday of Milton Berle (some of you may remember Uncle Milty), Leave It To Beaver and The Andy Griffiths Show paying off your mortgage and throwing a mortgage burning party was seen as a triumphant momen

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