Not really. If you're really short on cash, in the early game, it might e.g. be beneficial to skip buying Park Avenue. Remember, you're trading off buying a pi

Not really. If you're really short on cash, in the early game, it might e.g. be beneficial to skip buying Park Avenue. Remember, you're trading off buying a piece of low-income real estate against the ability to build property and make your existing RE high-income. There's also the point that once you auction, you have a chance to get it at a lower price, so it might be a calculated gamble. NOT buying that piece of property might also force others into a bidding war. There's all sorts of strategies you can build on auctions. If properties always go for more than the listed price, the other players haven't discovered that yet :) Try playing Monopoly with auctions and make strategic decisions about what you buy, not just "buy all" and see if it doesn't make a difference for you.