Every month we show what is on our reading table. Comments on current reads: "Intercessory Prayer" by Dutch Sheets: I just started reading this. I have read the first two chapters. If the rest is as good, and as documented, this is an OUTSTANDING book on what is intercessory prayer and how to [...]
Since Jeff and Jim became “partners” in buying, renting, holding, selling and trading single family homes (SFH) for TheMonopolyProject we have significantly increased our search activities. We’re looking for “The Perfect Monopoly” house. We completed the purchase of the house on 29th Avenue in Apache Junction on the 16th of February. We purchased for [...]
On August 2019, I received the keys to my new house in Bakersfield, CA and began the Monopoly Project journey! Background Bakersfield is a mid-sized city near Central California. It is the most northern city in Southern California; it’s less than 2 hours from Los Angeles and 4.5 hours from San Francisco (driving). Bakersfield [...]
How did we do our own monopoly project? How did we start investing in real estate and build our current holdings (two apartment complexes, two medical building and two SFH’s)? In this series we will trace the history of our real estate acquisitions. Previously we described how we got started by buying our first [...]
Previously we discussed the concept of “Opportunity Cost”. If you choose to do one thing, you forgo many other choices. This “cost” is true whether it is money, time, or any other asset. We talked about the opportunity cost of going on a ‘once in a lifetime’ 10 day trip to the 75th anniversary [...]
This month we are reviewing three books from our “What We’re Reading This Month –A Bit of This and A Bit of That” post. This was what was on our reading desk: First, we review “Atomic Habits”: “Atomic Habits” by James Clear: This has been on my reading table for over a year. [...]
The Valencia house up $6,000 in a month? Our personal house up $17,000 in a month? This story is from Sacramento, “Red Hot: Sacramento House Receives 122 Offers In Two Days” but Phoenix is the same: This huge appreciation propelled TMP into second place. We had fallen to third last month. In March, [...]
