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, “TMP2 – We Bought Another One!”. Both [...]
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 the last of our ten “Opportunity Costs”: WOOD. 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 [...]
This month we are reviewing seven books. And we have moved the date to the 6th of June to commemorate D Day and link to our videos of the 75th Anniversary of D Day visit to Omaha Beach. "Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion" by Robert B. Cialdini, PhD. This and the next book go [...]
After two years, TheMonopolyProject (TMP) is finally NUMBER ONE! TheMonopolyProject rocketed to the top with a total Score of $162,623. We easily outscored the stock market (VTSAX), Gold, and even WOOD. TMP now has 2.0 houses; that is, one house wholly owned (Valencia) and two houses half owned with Jeff; 29th Avenue [...]
Every month we show what is on our reading table. Comments on current reads: 1. “The Drama of Scripture” by Craig G. Bartholomew and Michael W. Goheen: Recommended by Pastor Jeff. I skimmed the first two chapters and really like this approach. Let’s see how it ends. 2.“Cut and Run” by Alaric Bond. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
