This month we are reviewing five books: 1. “Resurrection Shock”, 2. “The Blackstrap Station”, 3. “Commercial Real Estate: Journey Towards Financial Freedom”, “Silver in the Stones”, and “The Civil War; The Final Year”. 1. “Resurrection Shock – Did the Disciples Get It Right?” (378 pages, paperback, 2020) by Lane Sanford Webster: This was another recommendation [...]
TheMonopolyProject (TMP) soared to over $300,000! Up, Up and Away! We are now cash poor, and asset rich: Our total bank accounts are down to less that $2,000 from a starting point of $100,000. We have invested almost all of the original $100K in three houses. The value of those [...]
Every month we show what is on our reading table. This month we added five books and we’re going to retire a number of books that we have just not gotten to. After a while, the book gets stale, and we just must let it go. Green is added, red is dropped, black [...]
TheMonopolyProject and TheMonopolyProjectTwo celebrate the end of 2021 and look forward to 2022. This month we are reviewing four books: 1. “HMS Prometheus, and as a set of three; 2. “The Passion and the Cross”, 3. “'Clowning In Rome”, “Markings”. “HMS Prometheus” (316 pages, paperback, 2015) by Alaric Bond. I read and reviewed [...]
TheMonopolyProject (TMP) is still Number 1, but we fell back a few thousand dollars. This was due to an adjustment from 2.5 houses to 2.0 houses as explained below. We have adjusted the TMP ownership to 2.0 houses from 2.5 houses last month. We still have the one house wholly owned (Valencia) but [...]
Every month we show what is on our reading table. This month we made slow progress. Lots going on in the secular and spiritual world. And it’s Christmas: Comments on current reads: "Monsters and Magical Sticks: There's No Such Thing As Hypnosis?” (208 pages, paperback, reprint 2017) by Steven Heller and “How [...]
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: 1. “The Scent of Corruption, 2. “What Every Real Estate Investor Needs To Know About Cash Flow…”, and 3. “'The Encyclopedia of Commercial Real Estate Advice”. " The Scent of Corruption” (320 pages, paperback, 2015) by Alaric Bond. I read and reviewed the first six books [...]
TheMonopolyProject (TMP) is still Number 1 and climbing. TheMonopolyProject remained at the top with a total Score of $250,037. This month we added about $12K in equity and our new-build house in Coolidge went back above what we paid. And WOOD crashed; down 42%. Maybe the shortage is over? TMP now has 2.5 [...]
Every month we show what is on our reading table. This month we were sort of stalled. Lots going on in the secular and spiritual world. We only got to three of the books above (‘Scent’, ‘Passion’, ‘Encyclopedia’). But we did add and complete the three books pictured below. Comments on current reads: [...]
