{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"People At Pyramid","title":"Tax Law by Day, Fixer-Uppers on Weekends W/ Emerald Vaughan","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":563,"description":"Be a guest on People at Pyramid: https://feeds.transistor.fm/people-at-pyramid\nA paralegal, a law student, and a property manager all at once, and a plan built around tax law, with our newest member Emerald Vaughan.\nThis week on People at Pyramid, we're spotlighting our newest member, Emerald Vaughan, who joined the Club just two weeks ago and is already running three careers at once. She is a paralegal by day, a law student by night, and a property manager on the weekends.\nEmerald walks us through what a paralegal really does, and why the job comes down to being a details person: reading contracts, drafting motions, and catching the small things that keep a client protected. From there she traces her path from debate-team captain to the courtroom-adjacent work she does now, and the moment she asked herself why she was not the attorney in the room. So she went to law school, and she is set on tax law.\nHer case for tax law is refreshingly practical. She likes finding a deal, and she likes helping people, and reducing what someone owes is one of the most direct ways to do both. For a lot of people, she points out, it is easier to trim expenses than to earn more.\nThen we get into her weekends. Emerald manages several properties and does much of the renovation work herself, from swapping a faucet to redoing a backsplash. Her advice for anyone intimidated by home projects is to start small and build up, and to remember her golden rule: measure twice, cut once, and if you mess up, call a contractor.\nMeet Emerald, and see why she is the kind of member you want to know.\nCHAPTERS:\n0:00 - Meet Emerald Vaughan\n2:05 - Why Tax Law\n4:15 - Real Estate and DIY Renovations\n7:00 - Taking On New Projects and How to Connect\nGUEST LINKS: Emerald Vaughan on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/emeraldvaughan\nABOUT PEOPLE AT PYRAMID: People at Pyramid is the Pyramid Club's member spotlight podcast. Every episode, we sit down with one of our members to hear what they do, what drives...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/7zpDIN0cDjQT4oOFLA2IVP7-TtS6tmEt5ulDpWznvv8/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8xYTIz/MTc4NmY2YWE3YmFi/YTk3ZWE5ZGY2Yjcz/ZGMwYS5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}