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Our February 2025 Standings – Big Changes Coming

By |2025-03-29T16:56:42+00:00March 2nd, 2025|

TMP equity was down $12K this month but that comes with a lot of caveats. We sold our 29th Ave house, we bought four new build houses in Coolidge, AZ, and refinanced the original TMP house on Valencia. So, to go over the changes one by one. Last month we reported: “We did [...]

Our January 2025 Standings – 1031 and Flaming Steaks

By |2025-02-03T00:52:58+00:00February 2nd, 2025|

TMP equity was up $6K this month but that covered up a lot of ups and downs and strange valuations in the estimating websites (Redfin.com, Zillow.com, Realtor.com). We will leave those aside for now and keep pressing forward. Last month we reported: TMP is looking forward to a great 2025. We’re planning on [...]

Our November 2024 Standings – The Real Estate Cycle

By |2024-12-09T16:54:43+00:00December 2nd, 2024|

TMP equity was up $8K this month with an increase in home values and a decrease in our bank account. We are in the process of preparing the 29th Ave house for sale. Between the foregone income and some fix up costs we are down thousands of dollars in the bank account. Jeff [...]

Our October 2024 Standings – Black Horse Vineyards

By |2024-11-06T05:42:59+00:00November 2nd, 2024|

TMP equity was up $8K this month. Stocks, Gold, and Oil are competing for second place with Gold winning this month. You can see that the estimating websites we use (Redfin, Zillow and Realtor) have started reporting on the value of the new build house we bought in South Carolina. Realtor still shows [...]

Our September 2024 Standings – Doing a 1031 Exchange

By |2024-10-03T20:52:01+00:00October 2nd, 2024|

In our post “Our July 2024 Standings – Adjusting the TMP Series and Repairing the Jaguar” we explained how we adjusted the TMP investment series to account for adding and additional $40K to purchase a home in Laurens, South Carolina. Now we’re planning to sell our Apache Junction house (“29th Ave”) and buy two [...]

Our August 2024 Standings – Adjusting the TMP Series and Surprising Michelle With a Convertible

By |2024-09-04T17:39:56+00:00September 2nd, 2024|

In our last post “Our July 2024 Standings – Adjusting the TMP Series and Repairing the Jaguar” we explained how we adjusted the TMP investment series to account for adding and additional $40K to purchase a home in Laurens, South Carolina. Here’s where the ten investment opportunities stand as of 31 August 2024: [...]

Our July 2024 Standings – Adjusting the TMP Series and Repairing the Jaguar

By |2024-08-26T18:01:20+00:00August 22nd, 2024|

In our last post “Our July 2024 Standings – New Purchase in Laurens, South Carolina” we explained how we bought another TMP2 house, in South Carolina. To do so, we had to add $40K in capital to TMP2. Note that Jeff matched that with $40K of new capital also. So, how do adjust our [...]

Our July 2024 Standings – New Purchase in Laurens, South Carolina

By |2024-08-12T17:08:53+00:00August 2nd, 2024|

Well, TMP bought another house in our ongoing investment strategy to achieve wealth slowly. This house is in the Greenville, South Carolina area, specifically Laurens. Greenville is roughly halfway between Atlanta, Georgia and Charlottsville, North Carolina. Here’s a map with Greenville in the upper left and Laurens in the middle. TMP equity [...]

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