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TMP Floating Book Reviews – Six Books

By |2022-06-30T22:42:58+00:00May 5th, 2022|

This month we are reviewing the six books below: “Jesus’ Mysterious Space-Time Universe” (76 pages, paperback, 2017) by Gerald Paul Kooyers: After we read "Fourfold Kingdom of God" (239 pages, paperback, 2020) by “Gerald Paul Paul Kooyers” last month and gave it a negative review I thought I would give Kooyers another chance. [...]

Our April 2022 Standings – Beware of Large Spreadsheets

By |2022-05-03T15:56:10+00:00May 2nd, 2022|

We’re still in first place! But we had to correct a major error. Beware of large spreadsheets. We’re down $21K from last month’s reported value. But that’s because last month (going back to when?) we had an error in the calculation. Read more great spreadsheet humor and useful information at “Excel Spreadsheets Help”.We’ve fixed it [...]

What We’re Reading This Month – “Six New”

By |2022-04-28T20:24:32+00:00April 28th, 2022|

Every month we show what is on our reading table. This month we added six books and finished them all! New books first:“Jesus’ Mysterious Space-Time Universe” (76 pages, paperback, 2017) by Gerald Paul Kooyers: After we read "Fourfold Kingdom of God" (239 pages, paperback, 2020) by “Gerald Paul Paul Kooyers” last month and gave it [...]

What Are We Looking at This Month – 11. And More Commercial

By |2022-04-29T20:42:19+00:00April 25th, 2022|

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. What are we looking at now? The question on everyone’s mind is ‘how long can this crazy market go on?’. There is no answer. Everyone has an opinion. [...]

TMP Floating Book Reviews – Four Books

By |2022-04-18T21:01:49+00:00April 5th, 2022|

This month we are reviewing the four books below: "Fourfold Kingdom of God" (239 pages, paperback, 2020) by Gerald Paul Paul Kooyers: I bought this book after reading “The Holy Longing” based on a recommendation from the Stanford Magazine. The book looks at God’s kingdom from a mathematical and physics perspective. Lots of [...]

Our March 2022 Standings – Still Soaring!

By |2022-04-04T16:42:34+00:00April 2nd, 2022|

TheMonopolyProject (TMP) soared above $350,000!Remember, we started with $100,000. We’ve added $254,000 in three years. Oil stayed in 2nd place thanks to the ongoing international crisis in Ukraine. Oil has the distinction of going the lowest ($47,900 in April 2020) during the initial stages of the COVID panic and coming back the highest.Note that we [...]

What We’re Reading This Month – “Two New”

By |2022-03-28T23:03:34+00:00March 28th, 2022|

Every month we show what is on our reading table. This month we added two books: “Bad Moon Rising: The Unofficial History of Creedence Clearwater Revival” (358 pages, paperback, 2001) by Hank Bordowitz: Our dog Danna was investigating a hoodoo in a potted plant. Michelle wondered what she was doing. I explained via [...]

What Are We Looking at This Month – 10. More Commercial

By |2022-03-25T21:30:56+00:00March 25th, 2022|

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. What are we looking at now? The question on everyone’s mind is ‘how long can this crazy market go on?’. There is no answer. Everyone has an opinion. [...]

Our Story – Part 11/2010 – 2012: Hard Times #1, We Face Bankruptcy

By |2022-03-15T18:13:11+00:00March 15th, 2022|

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 – 19: A Side Trip into Commercial Real Estate

By |2022-03-12T03:57:15+00:00March 10th, 2022|

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 [...]

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