I have been so fascinated with the aspect of building virtual real estates ( and starting them I hasten to add ) that I am reminded of the game of Monopoly. Now I will admit to being fortysomething and I can remember Monopoly as a child. I grew up in Cornwall with frequent power cuts in the winter, so one of the lovely ways to pass the time was a good old family board game. ( I think we should have more power cuts so families can experience for themselves the togetherness that a board game by candlelight brings.)
The game of Monopoly is all based on a throw of a dice and whether you had enough capital to buy the piece of land you may or may not land on. The idea of the game as I understand is to get at least one set of three properties, build houses on your set and charge rent to everyone who lands on your owned property. You then reinvest the rent into building four houses that you trade up for a hotel.
This becomes so much money for people who then land on your real estate they end up going bankrupt and this in turn ends the game by default. It’s last man standing.
My dilema of online virtual real estate is do I build lots of Old Kent Roads, or do I reinvest my time and energy into putting a house on the ones I have by making them bigger and better?
I think at this point its a balance of both, but I am drawn to the game of Monopoly of investing in key locations, putting houses on them, then trading them up for a hotel.
Whatever the outcome, it’s all a fascinating game of Monopoly.
