@Elizabeth Colegrove Enjoyed your Podcast #103.Been to Lemoore. the six mile trip from supply to receiving was amazing driving through corn fields, and never leaving the base.One thing I didn't hear you mention was housing allowance.I'm not buying negative cash flow, used to figuring the positive cash flow properties would cancel out the negative, but I don't do that any more.I look at appreciation and tax savings as extras, nice to have, but I'm looking at the basic numbers not counting on either appreciation or tax savings. 

I grew up farming corn, soybeans, and cattle.

I'm starting to see more beige/cream come into the scene though with a mixture of polar white. 

So they went with a mixture of private money lending into my deals or fund, and turn-key properties with property management in place. 

PS you didn't answer my question about the Corn Huskers defense.

Alsoif you take out our Corn/Soybeans out of the world market, a lot ofthird world people starve.

Gold gave the signal last summer and since then commodities have all gone up: Silver, Corn, Lumber, copper etc.

A mixture of differing types of wiring can cause electrical fires.  

If it is a one-time decision for a recurring expense, I'll spend the time to optimize it but I won't stand at the grocery store comparing cans of corn to see what is the cheapest based on net weight. 

I do a mixture on my properties (I manage my in state SFRs, and my in state commercial and office.