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 did the [...]
Previously we explained how we found “The Perfect Monopoly” house in Apache Junction, made an offer and lost. We came in second. Then we made the offer on a house in Casa Grande that we thought could be “The Perfect Monopoly” house, made an offer and won. But it turned out to be a [...]
Should you start your own ‘Monopoly Project’? Should you start acquiring rental properties? In this series we examine ways to start your own “Monopoly Project”. In our first post of this series, we explained by the first thing you should do is to get into shape – Financial Shape. We explained how and why [...]
WE BOUGHT THE HOUSE ON 29th AVENUE IN APACHE JUNCTION! Previously we explained how we found “The Perfect Monopoly” house in Apache Junction, made an offer and lost. We came in second. Then we made the offer on a house in Casa Grande that we thought could be “The Perfect Monopoly” house, made an [...]
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 SFH in [...]
Last time we explained how we found “The Perfect Monopoly” house in Apache Junction, made an offer and lost. We came in second. Then we made the offer on a house in Casa Grande that we thought could be “The Perfect Monopoly” house, made an offer and won. But it turned out to be [...]
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 [...]
Naval Ravikant is an Indian-American entrepreneur and investor His thoughts, advice and ruminations are documented in “The Almanack of Naval Ravikant” that was compiled by his friend Eric Jorgenson as discussed here during this interview. The Almanack is a pdf book on the wisdom of Naval and it is free, totally free. [...]
Can an ordinary house increase in value by 3% in one month!? Our TMP house continued to appreciate, increasing by $4,180 (1.8 %) according to the average of estimates at Redfin, Zillow and Realtor.com: In fact, Zillow had it up 3.0% ($7,140) in one month: Did the house increase in value by [...]
Last time we explained how we found “The Perfect Monopoly” house in Apache Junction, made an offer and lost. We came in second. Then we made the offer on a house in Casa Grande that we thought could be “The Perfect Monopoly” house, made an offer and won. But it turned out to be [...]
