Previously, I achieved total monopoly through deliberate mortgaging exercise. Today, I found a quicker way.
Build hotels on Purple, Light Blue, Pink and Orange units after every property is acquired. Make sure u own Get-Out-of-Jail cards, if not... buy them, $30 shud be enough.
The trick here is to keep opponents well funded so they survive each round. How? By performing jailcard buyback. My estimate is each opponent needs $3000 to survive your rentals in each round.
This is how it works:
1) Sell jailcard to opponent for 1 dollar.
2) Buy back with the top up amount (Say opponent got $1300 left, buy back the card with $1700)
1) Sell jailcard to opponent for 1 dollar.
2) Buy back with the top up amount (Say opponent got $1300 left, buy back the card with $1700)
Repeat this step until you have $9500, this is the amount required to build hotels on remaining colours.
Advantages of jailcard buyback:
1) Quick total monopoly, took me 2-3hours. DME can take over 6 hours
1) Quick total monopoly, took me 2-3hours. DME can take over 6 hours
2) No unmortgaging fees
3) Keep your opponents happy