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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 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. [...]
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, [...]
Every month we show what is on our reading table. "Atomic Habits" by James Clear. “Win Bigly” by Scott Adams. "The Encyclopedia of Commercial Real Estate Advice" by Terry Painter. "That Summer in Paris" by Morley Callaghan. “Grover Cleveland, A Study in Character” by Alyn Brodsky. “His Majesty’s Ship” by Alaric Bond. "The [...]
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 are looking for “The Perfect Monopoly” house. We bought a house in Apache Junction. After that we went to Casa Grande, AZ looking for a new home [...]
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 [...]
