I think sandwich leasing is good.1) You don't own the property, you don't need credit, no loans in your name.2) Gold and Sachs said houses in CA are 35-40% overpriced.

Guess you have to decide how far up and down the value chain you want to stretch.

While I interned at a major insurance company during the summers of my undergraduate, I saw some of the most brilliant people chained to things completely below their ability.

Originally posted by "biggerpro":I was curious about what everyone's thoughts were on Oil and Gold.

In the case of real estate investing, the methods can range from billboards to television and radio ads to direct mail to getting your name out through promotional items like pens, key chains, business cards, etc.

Chains teched their way into taking over the market.

In fact, I would go one step farther and say that this entire process started with Nixon taking us off the gold standard.

great idea and way to bring it to the forefront -what this site offers is worth it's weight in gold.

Buy gold and bury it in the back yard?

Having investments in real assets, like houses and gold, will be very lucrative in that environment.That said, I believe in diversification.