Urban Land Institute (ULI) Monopoly Night

The Urban Land Institute held its second annual Monopoly Night tonight in Downtown Dallas. Monopoly Night is an evening of music, dinner, dancing, and of course, the board game Monopoly. The purpose of this event is to raise money to run the ULI's UrbanPlan project, which has been a part of the REAE@UTA program for the past two and a half years. Monopoly Night is attended and sponsored by some of the most important people and companies, respectively, in the real estate industry.



Special thanks to Phillip Bankhead of CAPMARK, and the Director of the UrbanPlan project for North Texas, for inviting me. Graduate students taking Real Estate Development this fall will get to meet Mr. Bankhead soon, as the UrbanPlan project will begin next Saturday.

This is the second year I have had the pleasure to attend the ULI's Monopoly Night. How did I do? Well, for the second year in a row, I came in third in a table of four. Goes to show you, those who can't play Monopoly, teach.

By the way, the winner of my table for the second year in a row was the person who made the first deal. I am convinced that making deals as early as possible, and as often as possible, is the key. Try it!