Most people think it is all about Boardwalk and Park Place, but designing an algorithm for winning Monopoly is fairly complicated. Listed below is every property along with its location on the board, price, rent, price/rent ratio, and intrinsic value, which is the price the property would cost to make the price/rent ratio equal 12.14 (the average for all properties). For the utilities, I assume the dice roll is seven (which should be the average when rolling two dice). The big caveat here is that I didn't consider the various ways of increasing the value of a property (getting both utilities rather than one, multiple railroads, monopolies, houses, and hotels). Some might argue that additional value should be assigned to Mediterranean, Baltic, Park, and Boardwalk because they only require two purchases to get a monopoly.
Property | Location | Price | Rent | Price/Rent | Intrinsic Value |
Mediterranean Avenue | 1 | 60 | 2 | 30 | 24 |
Baltic Avenue | 3 | 60 | 4 | 15 | 49 |
Reading Railroad | 5 | 200 | 25 | 8 | 303 |
Oriental Avenue | 6 | 100 | 6 | 17 | 73 |
Vermont Avenue | 8 | 100 | 6 | 17 | 73 |
Connecticut Avenue | 9 | 120 | 8 | 15 | 97 |
St. Charles Place | 11 | 140 | 10 | 14 | 121 |
Electric Company | 12 | 150 | 28 | 5 | 340 |
States Avenue | 13 | 140 | 10 | 14 | 121 |
Virginia Avenue | 14 | 160 | 12 | 13 | 146 |
Pennsylvania Railroad | 15 | 200 | 25 | 8 | 303 |
St. James Place | 16 | 180 | 14 | 13 | 170 |
Tennessee Avenue | 18 | 180 | 14 | 13 | 170 |
New York Avenue | 19 | 200 | 16 | 13 | 194 |
Kentucky Avenue | 21 | 220 | 18 | 12 | 218 |
Indiana Avenue | 23 | 220 | 18 | 12 | 218 |
Illinois Avenue | 24 | 240 | 20 | 12 | 243 |
B. & O. Railroad | 25 | 200 | 25 | 8 | 303 |
Atlantic Avenue | 26 | 260 | 22 | 12 | 267 |
Ventnor Avenue | 27 | 260 | 22 | 12 | 267 |
Water Works | 28 | 150 | 28 | 5 | 340 |
Marvin Gardens | 29 | 280 | 24 | 12 | 291 |
Pacific Avenue | 31 | 300 | 26 | 12 | 316 |
North Carolina Avenue | 32 | 300 | 26 | 12 | 316 |
Pennsylvania Avenue | 34 | 320 | 28 | 11 | 340 |
Short Line | 35 | 200 | 25 | 8 | 303 |
Park Place | 37 | 350 | 35 | 10 | 425 |
Boardwalk | 39 | 400 | 50 | 8 | 607 |
Average | 12.14 |