It would be a better investment to buy lithium or platinum, at least they have some uses in the battery and oil industries respectively; Gold has no use anywhere, it is just a shiny metal.

Oil prices remain a huge X factor, and housing prices (at least with respect to rents) are being held back by the most supply EVER being built and coming online here in 2024.

Think of fishing, and it's somewhat the same.

Quote from @Jennifer Moscatello: Be careful.How much will it cost to fill the oil tank?

Despite their track record, both these guys continue to peddle their snake oil.

Maybe it’s just gut feel, but for some reason It FEELS like these two scenarios will provide excellent opportunities moving forward, while fishing for notes to purchase at significant discounts to current principal enough to yield sufficient returns doesn’t seem as promising.  

Most agents, I can tell you from experience, will not spend too much time on you since your so fairly new and at your purchase price your not a big fish so they will tend to put you on the back burner since heir return is not going to be a game changer.

Show me one business endeavor that doesn't have it's own "gurus" and snake oil salesmen and I will say it's a better endeavor than the real estate business.

You have to cast the fishing line over and over again until something bites. 

Peniche also has a university and a fishing industry to provide alternative economic drives if tourism does take a hit.C.Supply constraints– Peniche is a peninsular!