Why Sandra Bullock built $69m real estate portfolio

Sandra Bullock has revealed a surprise reason behind her $69m ($US50m) real estate empire. The 62-year-old Oscar winner turned to property after believing her acting career would be over by age 35. The Practical Magic star poured every dollar she earned into buying, renovating and leasing houses. “I thought, I’m not going to be here past 35 or 40,” Bullock told Vanity Fair. “That’s why every penny I made, I put into real estate – refurbishing and leasing it out.” MORE: Gervais’ $6m tax dodge amid lover cash blow ‘Can’t pay’: 60yo Shania Twain exposes sad life ‘I tried’: Vanished Imbruglia sad update at 51 Sandra Bullock (right) and Nicole Kidman in Practical Magic 2. Picture: Supplied The strategy paid off, with the Miss Congeniality star eventually quietly amassing an empire of 17 properties across America. “I fall in love with the places that others scrunch their faces at. My family thinks I’m nuts,” Bullock told Architectural Digest in 2023. The 62-year-old Oscar winner turned to property after believing her acting career would be over by age 35. Picture: Simon Ackerman/Getty Images The Two Week Notice star’s buying spree began in 1997 when she snapped up a three-bedroom house i...