Our April 2021 Standings – The Roger Meow Indicates Excellence

TheMonopolyProject (TMP) is comfortably in second place with a $4,000 gain for April 2021. Stocks (VTSAX) jumped also. In fact, all assets increased, and all are now above their starting point, if only just barely for Oil:

Our formula to calculate our total assets (bank accounts plus home equity) credits one half of the value of the new (29^th Ave) house and bank account since it is jointly owned:

TOTAL ASSETS of TMP = TMPbank_account + TMPValencia + TMP2bank_account/2 + TMP2_29^th/2

The average estimate of value for the house on Valencia jumped $2,402 this month. That is a slowdown from the past craziness of a $6,000 jump. And now we have a mortgage on Valencia. It started at $172,500. This month we paid off $272 of the principal, increasing our equity by a like amount.

Redfin and Realtor still carry the new house on 29^th Avenue at the sales price of $246,000. Zillow shows it over $258K! The mortgage on 29^th Avenue started at $184,500. This month we paid off $291 of the principal, increasing our equity by a like amount.

If Redfin and Realtor had matched the Zillow estimate, TMP total equity would be $149,681. So VTSAX would still be in First Place. Maybe next month. Roger gives his “Meow of Approval”: