We're lucky to have an excellent HVAC/electrical/plumbing guy whose who is worth his weight in gold; he's diabetic and I'm giving him freebie nutrition lessons (I'm a registered dietitian in so-called real life) to keep him going!  

I don't care what the game is there will always be losers: homeowners, speculators, bonds, stocks, gold, oil, marriage:), RE investors....and the ones that plan well have the best chance of survival.

Detergent dispenser on my Whirlpool Gold failed years ago.

Those guys are so much better than the home inspector who took an online course and often don't even know what they're looking at.This statement is Gold!

Buchminister Fuller...hmm...real or not the lessons from "rich dad" were gold especially the cashflow quadrant

If it does hold, we are good as gold. 

How about just take gold coins with you too.

In those 2 categories, you could mutual funds, individual stocks, real estate, gold, etc.  

That's good for your prospects because they will surely have more people contacting them with a greater number of competitive offers.Newbie mailers are thrilled to get lists and build them larger and larger, like a east coast gold miner who's just arrived in California, seeing all these possibilities. 

I use Gold Door Properties & I live in Scottsdale!