Our October 2023 Standings – Moovin’ On
TMP equity slightly decreased in value this month; less than $1K. Here is the historical record since we started TMP in March of 2019! Our three TMP and TMP2 houses were two down, one up sharply:
Our September 2023 Standings – With Caribbean Cruise
TMP equity slightly increased in value this month; up $3K. The housing market recovery is continuing, but slowly. Here is the historical record since we started TMP in March of 2019! Our three TMP and TMP2 houses were two up, one down: We were distracted by a Caribbean cruise on the ‘Harmony of the Seas’. [...]
What We’re Reading This Month – “Six New”
Every month we show what is on our reading table. This month we added six new books. NEW “Admiral of the Ocean Sea” (680 pages, paperback, 1991 but really 1940s) by Samuel Eliot Morrison: A great book so far. Morrison adds a lot of interesting detail of the times. “A Gentleman in Moscow” (512 [...]
Our August 2023 Standings – With Flowing Springs StarLink Update
TMP equity slightly increased in value this month; up $2K. The housing market recovery is continuing, but slowly. Here is the historical record since we started TMP in March of 2019! Our three TMP and TMP2 houses were two down (red highlighting), one up (blue highlighting): We finally got back to [...]
What We’re Reading This Month – “Two New”
Every month we show what is on our reading table. This month we added two new books. NEW “The Mill on the Floss” (704 pages, paperback, 2003) by George Eliot: I stumbled across this before our Mediterranean cruise. I read it during that time. Great storytelling, great soap opera. And “George” is a great [...]
Our July 2023 Standings – Our 34th Wedding Anniversary
We visited the Manhattan Beach Community Church where we got married 34 years ago. TMP equity increased in value this month; up $6K. Here is the historical record since we started TMP in March of 2019! Our TMP and TMP2 house equity is jumping around. The models can’t price the volatility: [...]
What We’re Reading This Month – “You Cannot Exchange a Rooster for a Chicken”
Every month we show what is on our reading table. This month we added three new books. NEW “Exchanging Up” (258 pages, paperback, 2005) by Gary Gorman: This book was mentioned in “Commercial Real Estate Investing for Dummies” that we reviewed last month. Since we are involved in a 1031 exchange now, I [...]
TMP Floating Book Reviews – Five Books and the Watch Dog
Today we are reviewing five books and repairing a Polar watch: 1. “Ireland: A Concise History from the Twelfth Century to the Present Day" (272 pages, paperback, 2005) by Paul Johnson. Paul Johnson passed away this month. He was a historian, a GIANT. I’ve read some of his other books and came across [...]
Our June 2023 Standings – Water Heater Leak and Equity Increased
TMP equity increased in value this month; up $8K. And our water heater finally died after 17 years. Here is the historical record since we started TMP in March of 2019! Our TMP and TMP2 houses were all three slightly up: Here’s a video of the price history of the Valencia [...]
What We’re Reading This Month – “Three New and Repairing A Watch”
Every month we show what is on our reading table. This month we added three new books. We finished reading; ‘Just Kids”, “As Time Goes By”, “Sea of Tranquility”, “Cataclysm”, “The E Myth Revisited” and “The Shores of Tripoli”. We will drop “The Laws of Human Nature”, “The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry”, and [...]