In Detroit, there are so many "EZ" financing businesses from car lots to jewelry to car audio.

Records are discussed in Publication 526.The phrase “similar items” means property of the same generic category or type (whether or not donated to the same donee), such as stamp collections, coin collections, lithographs, paintings, photographs, books, nonpublicly traded stock, nonpublicly traded securities other than nonpublicly traded stock, land, buildings, clothing, jewelry, furniture, electronic equipment, household appliances, toys, everyday kitchenware, china, crystal, or silver.

relationship with gold:Having spent quite a bit of time working on private yachts which is largely a cash business I also know some people who use gold as a way of transporting money across borders, since it is a lot easier and less suspicious to carry around a few pieces of jewelry or an expensive watch than large bundles of cash. 

If you find anything really personal - like photos, or jewelry, or letters to a sweetheart - put those in a box and keep them. 

What makes one person good at selling hand-made jewelry on ebay is no guarantee of success in the rental biz.

@Jackson BarrI assume you gave back the TV, jewelry and other toys to the business that trusted you to pay for them.Good luck with your business.  

Lot's of "date nights" at HD and Lowes and D4Ds.She told me a story of how she went into a pawn shop to kill some time and look for deals, and the owner kept trying to direct her to the jewelry case, and she instead asked where he kept the power tools for sale ... after that story I new she was a keeper.

Place your vehicles, furniture, jewelry, other personal property and even your check books into personal property trusts. 

I hate to bring this up, but before you go on vacation, you might box up some of your personal stuff (electronics, jewelry, cash, etc.)

Consistent and persistent thoughtful and intelligent actions replicated on a daily basis is harder to implement as it requires a total shift in thinking and being.I did not have 2 pennies to my name and often was on food stamps and would pawn what jewelry I had over and over again just to eat.