The Informed Investor's Resource

 

The Monopoly Strategy
for Building and Enjoying Wealth

©2009 Bob Sharpe
C.E.O., RealEstateWinners.com

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If you've ever played Monopoly, you know how to win the game:

real estate investing
  1. Buy property in the best areas
  2. Start accumulating the little green houses (residential real estate)
  3. Exchange the little green houses for big red hotels (commercial real estate)
  4. Sit back and win the game.

How to win in real life:

  1. Buy property in the best investment areas
  2. Keep buying until you have 6-10 houses
  3. Hold for approximately 10 years
  4. Exchange them - tax free - for cash-flowing commercial property
  5. Congratulations! You are ready to retire.

 

The  
$1,000,000
Strategy

  1. Buy your own house. 
  2. Purchase an investment house.
  3. Buy several more investment properties as you are able.
  4. After about 10 years sell your houses and purchase an apartment complex.

Where to Find the Money to Invest

  1. Your savings account.
  2. Your home equity.
  3. Cut back on unnecessary expenditures and save the money.  Use the Calculators.
  4. Start a part-time home business.
  5. Upgrade your IRA to purchase Real Estate.