Ever heard the term "Herding Cat's"? 

Seeing as you like herding cats, managing that house should be right up your alley.Upper end properties like yours will require upper end finishes, linens, kitchens etc.

The general public (herds) have a short term memory!

You have to be one step ahead of the herd.

we are going on over 30 new builds there and 10 rehab to retail sales.. got in before the herd got established and so on..

Also sometimes the hot liquid was used for radiant heat.

I'm just trying to get a feeler if I was a special snowflake or if others have herd the same thing before. 

You have a nice diversification of assets, but instead of looking for greener pastures, why not tend to your existing herd?

The point is as long as banks are lending there will be people buying- it may not be in the droves or herds like we have seen in the past few years but you've got to remember that when rates where double digits people still bought houses, when you needed to save up 20% for down payment people would still buy houses.

Eventually gold producer's will have to hedge which will be a sell sign and once all the sheep start herding into an investment, Wall Street pulls the rug out form under them.Short term gold will not get much higher than $2200.00 and in five years it will unlikely be anywhere near $5000.00.