Chance Cards, the good, the bad, and the suggestion

If your like me then you have gotten paid only to be slapped with a few bad chance cards that have taken 70-80% of your cash. Ouch I know, the chance tax is random based on the total rental value of all your streets (not the money you have at the time) this is in a way stated in the Hasbro faq when they cover being taxed into a negative number.

So what should you do to minimize the impact of being chance taxed? Buy big, but stick to the 500k rule the only way you can minimize the amount of chance cards you receive is to make fewer purchases since it based entirely on your buy/sell/construction activity. Building 500k structures still offers a 90% return investment in a single turn but also allows you to go through you cash more quickly which means less chance cards, of course you have to take the good with the bad because less chance cards also means you have less of a "Chance" to get the bonus building cards which are vital in protecting your buildings (at least 5 bonus buildings should be placed on any street with an income of 20Million or more).

Remember when your building 500k structures on your street that there will most likely be room between the streets that you can fill in with either "Green Houses" or "City Centre Cottage".

Well thats the rub, the chance tax cards suck and should have a lower percentage closer related to the board game but hey what can we do at least we are not forced to pay every player 1 Million dollars if we draw the wrong card ;-)