My understanding is that the best three property groups are light blue (Angel Islington, Euston Road, Pentonville Road), orange (Bow Street, Marlborough Street, Vine Street), and dark blue (Park Lane, Mayfair). Light blue is good because the buildings are very cheap but give excellent returns. read more
Because rolling two dice is most likely to yield a sum of seven (and then six and eight), you can start to get a feeling that the Monopoly spaces that are landed on the most (and have a reasonable buying price) are the orange and red properties. read more
The best Return on Investment for a color group tends to come from the red properties with at least 3 houses on each. The thinking on this is fairly simple. The most likely roll of the dice is a seven. Which means that a player's rolls should average out to be a multiple of seven over time. read more
Essentially, potential Revenue is not the best lens to view Monopoly properties. While Green has the potential for ~2.3% more revenue over time, Orange properties are a better investment in practice. The metric overlooked was the cost for houses. The prices of houses and hotels for Orange are half the price for the Green properties. read more