My name is Austin Decell and I am a senior finance major from Sugar Land, Texas. This semester I'll be posting updates on this blog to track my progress through my Real Estate course, FINC 371, and to keep up with current events in the economy and real estate market. Today I'd like to share a few things about myself to allow you to get to know me a little better!
As mentioned before, after being born in Chicago I grew up in Sugar Land my entire life, which is a suburb in the southwest Houston area. During my free time I love playing football and basketball with friends, going to see movies and attending Texas A&M sporting events throughout the school year. I currently work for the Texas A&M Athletic Department and have been employed by the department for almost 2 years now. I will be graduating this Spring (May 2015) with a Bachelor's degree in Finance and after graduation I plan to enroll in the Master of Real Estate Program here at Texas A&M. My graduate school plans are what directed me to taking this course this semester, as I hope this class will expand my knowledge of the sectors of the Real Estate market, specifically the commercial side. I hope this course will allow me to become mare familiar with long term investment strategies that I can begin to utilize as I build my overall portfolio in the near future. As for long term goals, this class ideally will aid me in making wise financial decisions in the future when I prepare to become a first-time homeowner.
Outside of academics and real estate, I have a lot of things on my "bucket list" that I hope to see and experience in my life. As a very devout Texas A&M sports fan, I want to visit every school in the SEC and attend a football game inside their home stadiums. So far, I'm almost halfway to achieving that goal with a few road trips planned for this upcoming fall. I also want to spend a few months in Europe and experience a different culture for a while at some point before settling down and being married. Lastly, I want to be able to one day put enough money aside to fully pay for each of my kids' way to attend Texas A&M University and become third generation Aggies in the Decell family line. If they choose to go anywhere else for school, they can pay their own way! Only kidding of course (maybe...). A couple of my favorite websites include ESPN.com, TexAgs.com and online.WSJ.com. What's unique about me is that during my senior year of high school my retinas detached in both of my eyes and I required immediate reconstructive surgeries on both. Thankfully, today my eyes are both healthy and stable, and a silicon ring (called a Scleral buckle for those interested in researching the procedure) now wraps around my right eye underneath the tissue in order to prevent future detachments. I guess you could say I see things in a different perspective now (pun intended).
Well that's all I've got this time around. Stay tuned to my blog throughout the semester to follow my progress in the course and to stay up to date with what we are covering in class. I look forward to writing for you all over the next few months!
Thanks and Gig 'Em!
Austin Decell
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