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Opportunity Cost – 9. Angel Investing: Timber, I’m Falling In Love

By |2021-05-11T15:58:14+00:00May 10th, 2021|

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 of D [...]

TMP Floating Book Reviews –Three Books Today

By |2021-05-06T19:46:10+00:00May 5th, 2021|

This month we are reviewing three books from our last “What We’re Reading This Month –A Bit of This and A Bit of That” post. This was what was on our reading desk: And we added a book since that post that was “hiding” on the upstairs reading table: “Introduction to the Intertestamental [...]

Our April 2021 Standings – The Roger Meow Indicates Excellence

By |2021-05-03T17:45:23+00:00May 2nd, 2021|

TheMonopolyProject (TMP) is comfortably in second place with a $4,000 gain for April 2021. Stocks (VTSAX) jumped also. In fact, all assets increased, and all are now above their starting point, if only just barely for Oil: Our formula to calculate our total assets (bank accounts plus home equity) credits one half of [...]

What We’re Reading This Month –A Bit of This and A Bit of That

By |2021-04-29T12:43:50+00:00April 28th, 2021|

Every month we show what is on our reading table. Comments on current reads: "Intercessory Prayer" by Dutch Sheets: I just started reading this. I have read the first two chapters. If the rest is as good, and as documented, this is an OUTSTANDING book on what is intercessory prayer and how to [...]

What Are We Looking at This Month – 4. Casa Grande Again

By |2021-04-28T15:07:18+00:00April 25th, 2021|

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 [...]

Our Story – Part 5: Buying an Office Building and Tenant Improvements

By |2021-04-15T23:46:26+00:00April 15th, 2021|

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 [...]

Opportunity Cost – 9. Gold: “No Mr. Bond, I Expect You To Die”

By |2021-04-12T16:56:26+00:00April 10th, 2021|

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 [...]

TMP Floating Book Reviews –Naval Fiction or Naval Ravikant and ‘Atomic Habits’

By |2021-04-06T15:31:44+00:00April 5th, 2021|

This month we are reviewing three books from our “What We’re Reading This Month –A Bit of This and A Bit of That” post. This was what was on our reading desk: First, we review “Atomic Habits”: “Atomic Habits” by James Clear: This has been on my reading table for over a year. [...]

Our March 2021 Standings – House Prices Surge in Phoenix

By |2021-04-02T19:22:26+00:00April 2nd, 2021|

The Valencia house up $6,000 in a month? Our personal house up $17,000 in a month? This story is from Sacramento, “Red Hot: Sacramento House Receives 122 Offers In Two Days” but Phoenix is the same: This huge appreciation propelled TMP into second place. We had fallen to third last month. In March, [...]

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