Why Real Estate Should be Part of Your Financial Plan

Interested in purchasing a home or investing in real estate in the near future? Interesting in learning about the latest trends in the Houston real estate market, including the effects of Harvey on real estate valuations? Nathalie de Vos Burchart will discuss how she got started with single family rentals and later shifted to multifamily. She will explain the differences between real estate investments and share comments on the Houston market and the effects of Harvey on valuations.

Nathalie de Vos Burchart started investing in single family rentals in 2009, later shifting to apartments in 2015. She currently owns 22 single-family rentals and more than 2,200 apartment units across 4 states. She believes in real estate as an important and necessary part of one's financial plan; it has now become her full-time career, enabling her to spend more time at home with family. Prior to her real estate investment career, Nathalie worked at ExxonMobil and also co-founded a successful physical commodity trading company, BioUrja Trading LLC, ranked among the top 5 privately held companies in Houston according to the Houston Chronicle’s “Chron 100”. Nathalie has a bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering from Washington University in St. Louis, and an MBA from UT McCombs.