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 [...]
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. [...]
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 the four books below: “How to Write, Publish, and Sell Your Own How-To Book” (199 pages, paperback, 2020/4th edition) by John T Reed: Previously I had reviewed Reed’s book on life, “Succeeding”. I have read his real estate materials (he does much more than real estate, see John [...]
TheMonopolyProject (TMP) soared to almost $325,000!Remember, we started with $100,000. We’ve added $225,000 in three years. Oil jumped back into 2nd place thanks to the 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. Here’s [...]
Every month we show what is on our reading table. This month we added four books: Comments on current reads: “Resurrection Shock – Did the Disciples Get It Right?” (378 pages, paperback, 2020) by Lane Sanford Webster: This was another recommendation from the Stanford Alumni magazine. Previously I said, “I’ve read the first [...]
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. We completed the purchase of the house on 29th Avenue in Apache Junction on the 16th of February 2021. And on January 14th,, 2022 we closed on the [...]
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 five books: 1. “Resurrection Shock”, 2. “The Blackstrap Station”, 3. “Commercial Real Estate: Journey Towards Financial Freedom”, “Silver in the Stones”, and “The Civil War; The Final Year”. 1. “Resurrection Shock – Did the Disciples Get It Right?” (378 pages, paperback, 2020) by Lane Sanford Webster: This was another recommendation [...]
