There has been a run on gas and food, and schools are closed for the week. 

I can live happily with just a bed, food, and my laptop! 

Housing is a very important bill for many families to pay, but it still comes behind food.  

If I were to buy anything once my reserves are where I want them, it would be gold to hedge against inflation, which we are already seeing in food.

Just food for thought from a friend who owns a larger development company...

So to win capital some GP's had to put out rosier and rosier stuff to get the money over the next GP and their deal and hope that markets and cap rates with debt would make it come true over time.If sponsors would have just used long term fixed rate debt that was assumable many would be absolutely golden right now and if they needed to sell there are tons of buyers for assumable debt deals.The other properties it's a kick the can down the road and see if they find food to live or croak and the property goes back to the bank and the vultures on the side wait for the right time to take their spoils.

I paid a local tow truck driver $100 to stop in front of their trailer with his truck and start measuring his trailer while they were at home watching and then knock on the door and ask if tongue and axles were under the trailer.  

Across the street they dumped tanker trucks of oil sludge in a field of coal dust. 

They bring food and hats and other marketing materials.

If oven, washer, dryer go out, I would pay them some money for during the week for food to eat out or laundromat, and then fix on the weekend.As you said you're in the learning phase.