Should I Buy a Home During Grad School? - Personal Finance for PhDs
Beyond the typical questions a prospective homeowner asks himself when preparing to buy a home, a grad student must ask these additional questions.| Personal Finance for PhDs
Beyond the typical questions a prospective homeowner asks himself when preparing to buy a home, a grad student must ask these additional questions.| Personal Finance for PhDs
On today’s episode, Emily interviews Dr. Matt Hotze, an administrative director at Rice University and co-host of the Helium podcast. When Matt moved to Durham, NC for his PhD, he immediately purchased a 3-bedroom house and rented the two extra rooms to his labmates. The rent Matt collected from his two housemates covered nearly all […]| Personal Finance for PhDs
In this episode, Emily interviews Jonathan Sun, a second-year PhD student at Yale University. Jonathan purchased a house in New Haven after his first year in graduate school. He shares the process he used to search for and ultimately go under contract on a home, including applying for various incentive programs. But his home ownership […]| Personal Finance for PhDs
In this episode, Emily and her guest, Sam Hogan, explain how house hacking can benefit graduate students and early-career PhDs. House hacking is when you purchase a property, live in it, and rent out part of it. While not possible in every housing market, house hacking is within reach for many graduate students and certainly […]| Personal Finance for PhDs
