First, Why Would I Want to Own Utilities? Everyone chases Boardwalk, but the real sleepers in Monopoly are the Electric Company and Water Works. They’re cheap—$150 each—and you can’t build on them. No houses, no hotels, no big upgrade moments. That’s...
By the time a transaction reaches this stage, a lot has already happened: Offer was written and accepted. Buyer protections and seller protections were negotiated during the Execution Round. Financing is underway, and both sides are moving toward closing. But now the...
It’s Round 2 in our “Transaction Tournament” series! Once a contract reaches mutual acceptance, the transaction moves from negotiation to execution. This is where escrow opens, earnest money is delivered, and the structure of the contract begins to...
If you watched the Seahawks win this year’s Superbowl (and also when they won in 2014), you remember the feeling. It wasn’t just excitement. It was confidence. If you watched closely, you could tell they were prepared. They weren’t scrambling. They weren’t guessing....
