Last month in “Opportunity Cost – 12. xkcd and Smashed Toes" we reviewed all the opportunity costs and mentioned my smashed toes due to a weightlifting accident. Now on this #13 we find out how unlucky and lucky, I was. Previously we discussed the concept of “Opportunity Cost”. If you choose to do one [...]
This month we are reviewing four books: 1. “In A Pit, With A Lion, On A Snowy Day”, 2. “Drunk”, 3. “Dominus” and 4. “The Patriot’s Fate”. "In A Pit, With A Lion, On A Snowy Day” by Mark Batterson (207 pages, softcover, published in 2006). This book was recommended by my daughter Katie. [...]
TheMonopolyProject (TMP) is still Number 1 and climbing. Even more so than last month. This month we added $13K in equity. TheMonopolyProject rocketed to the top with a total Score of $198,432. We easily outscored the stock market (VTSAX), WOOD, and even Gold. TMP now has 2.0 houses; that is, one [...]
Every month we show what is on our reading table. Comments on current reads, text in green is books already completed: 1. "In A Pit, With A Lion, On A Snowy Day” by Mark Batterson. This book was recommended by my daughter Katie. I have finished reading the book and [...]
Since Jeff and Jim became “partners” in buying, renting, holding, selling and trading single family homes (SFH) for TheMonopolyProject in January we have bought two houses. We completed the purchase of the house on 29th Avenue in Apache Junction on the 16th of February. And in May we bought a new build house in Coolidge, [...]
Should you start your own ‘Monopoly Project’? Should you start acquiring rental properties? In this series we examine the ways to start your own “Monopoly Project” (TMP). In our first post of this series, we explained the first thing you should do is to get into shape – Financial Shape. Then we showed how [...]
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 [...]
Last month we reviewed where we are with regards to all nine, final “opportunity cost” options. 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 [...]
This month we are reviewing four books: “Staff Fighting”, “Tunnel in The Sky”, “Cut and Run” and “The Holy Longing”. 1. Staff Fighting” by Joe Varady: This book is a quick read with lots of good illustrations. If I was 40 years younger, I might try some of the moves. I was somewhat disappointed [...]
TheMonopolyProject (TMP) is still hugely NUMBER ONE! Even more so than last month. This month alone we added $22K in equity. TheMonopolyProject rocketed to the top with a total Score of $184,902. We easily outscored the stock market (VTSAX), WOOD, and even Gold. And it is not surprising given that housing prices [...]
