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Avra Jain
Founder
Vagabond Group
Avra Jain swapped a career trading bonds on Wall Street
for a career converting neglected properties into desirable
holdings. She turned her hobby of converting languishing
lofts into fabulous spaces to a full-time endeavor and has
been rehabbing properties and amassing real estate ever
since. “Where people would pass on opportunities, I would
see the volume, the future light and an incredible space,”
she says. Leaning on her skills as an engineer, she takes
a hands-on approach in the design and execution of her
projects. “Though people see me as a risk-taker, I’m actually
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