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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 [...]

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

By |2024-06-03T20:58:33+00:00June 2nd, 2024|

TMP equity was down $11K this month due to an estimated decrease in house values. Stocks, Gold, and Oil are competing for second place with Stocks winning this month. We bought another house, in Laurens, South Carolina. Jeff explains: “Buying an investment property can be a daunting task. Let Jeff Sutherlin take the [...]

Our April 2024 Standings – Mermaid Fountain and Greenville, South Carolina

By |2024-05-02T20:38:34+00:00May 2nd, 2024|

TMP equity was down slightly this month due to lower valuations and a $6.8K HVAC replacement at the 29th Ave property. Oil, gold and stocks fought for second place with Oil winning this month. We had to spend $6.8K to replace HVAC at the 29th Ave property: Jeff is headed to South [...]

Our March 2024 Standings – Leonardo da Sutherlin Talks About the Impact of the NAR Lawsuit

By |2024-04-04T19:00:36+00:00April 2nd, 2024|

TMP equity was up $13K this month, mostly due to peculiar changes in the Valencia and 29th Ave estimates. Even though we’re up $13K, I think it is mostly ‘noise’ in the data. For example, the Valencia house was up $6K, mainly due to a $13K increase according to Redfin.com.  The 29th Ave [...]

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