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Our July 2024 Standings – Adjusting the TMP Series and Repairing the Jaguar

By |2024-08-26T18:01:20+00:00August 22nd, 2024|

In our last post “Our July 2024 Standings – New Purchase in Laurens, South Carolina” we explained how we bought another TMP2 house, in South Carolina. To do so, we had to add $40K in capital to TMP2. Note that Jeff matched that with $40K of new capital also. So, how do adjust our [...]

Our July 2024 Standings – New Purchase in Laurens, South Carolina

By |2024-08-12T17:08:53+00:00August 2nd, 2024|

Well, TMP bought another house in our ongoing investment strategy to achieve wealth slowly. This house is in the Greenville, South Carolina area, specifically Laurens. Greenville is roughly halfway between Atlanta, Georgia and Charlottsville, North Carolina. Here’s a map with Greenville in the upper left and Laurens in the middle. TMP equity [...]

Our May 2024 Standings – New Purchase in Laurens, South Carolina

By |2024-06-03T20:58:33+00:00June 2nd, 2024|

TMP equity was down $11K this month due to an estimated decrease in house values. Stocks, Gold, and Oil are competing for second place with Stocks winning this month. We bought another house, in Laurens, South Carolina. Jeff explains: “Buying an investment property can be a daunting task. Let Jeff Sutherlin take the [...]

Our April 2024 Standings – Mermaid Fountain and Greenville, South Carolina

By |2024-05-02T20:38:34+00:00May 2nd, 2024|

TMP equity was down slightly this month due to lower valuations and a $6.8K HVAC replacement at the 29th Ave property. Oil, gold and stocks fought for second place with Oil winning this month. We had to spend $6.8K to replace HVAC at the 29th Ave property: Jeff is headed to South [...]

Our March 2024 Standings – Leonardo da Sutherlin Talks About the Impact of the NAR Lawsuit

By |2024-04-04T19:00:36+00:00April 2nd, 2024|

TMP equity was up $13K this month, mostly due to peculiar changes in the Valencia and 29th Ave estimates. Even though we’re up $13K, I think it is mostly ‘noise’ in the data. For example, the Valencia house was up $6K, mainly due to a $13K increase according to Redfin.com.  The 29th Ave [...]

Our December 2023 Standings – With 30 Year Fixed Mortgage Rates Commentary

By |2024-01-05T17:00:03+00:00January 2nd, 2024|

TMP equity increased in value this month; about $10K. Our three TMP and TMP2 houses were two up, one down: Interest rates have finally started coming down. Here is an interesting article on 30 year fixed mortgage rates since 1973. Mortgage rate history: 1970s to 2023 (msn.com) Here’s the video: [...]

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