Also I live in Alaska and my investments will be here, fairly close to home, Anchorage, Eagle River, Chugiak, maybe the Mat Valley and everything must comply with the RE laws of the State of Alaska. 1.  

Station North is the hottest area in Baltimore now - we build a large tavern there - spent $1,100,000.00 call the Baltimore Eagle, we also own the building Joe's Squares Pizza is, plus 11 units on Charles Street and other commercial buildings.

BRB better go put all my assets into silver. 

To further complicate things, I am in an RSO zone and have been holding off on getting tenants in the meantime to avoid paying relocation fees.The silver lining is that the supposed DUPLEX that I bought is legally recorded as a TRIPLEX in a rapidly gentrifying area and has already gained equity, but that type of project falls outside my scope of rehab capabilities and my finances are stretched pretty tight as it is.

Silver Lining:  Valuable lesson learned and an established business relationship with the new tenant. 

You'll make more money doing that than you can imagine :)Deliver deals on a silver platter if you can.  

I tried to visit the store to see the product in person, but unfortunately they did not carry the wide smoke silver planks.  

Is there not some silver lining that we can take from this to help jump start our investing?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alchemy The best-known goals of the alchemists were the transmutation of common metals into gold (called chrysopoeia) or silver (less well known is plant alchemy, or "spagyric"); the creation of a "panacea", or the elixir of life, a remedy that supposedly would cure all diseases and prolong life indefinitely; and the discovery of a universal solvent.[4] Although these were not the only uses for the discipline, they were the ones most documented and well known No matter how much people think that things change, they all stay the same........

Ive been wanting to get into REI for awhile (which ya'll have heard a billion times), but am now being almost handed an opportunity on a silver platter...My parents have been trying to sell their house for almost a year, with two deals that fell through, and a steady stream of offers from would-be rehabers.