For me, that it is precious metals and buy'n'hold properties.

There is precious little non-recourse financing for performing assets, and the most aggressive of those loans are HUD's commercial programs, but even those fall short of 100%.Traditionally, 100% commercial financing is something only the scammers claim to have access to.

These include notes, loans, or even precious metals if you're so inclined; not anything requiring numerous checks per month.Jeff

I find little things like this... but precious little to overturn or invalidate a foreclosure.

My time is too precious to me.

From a financial standpoint, I would agree with Jon's post about having your dollars in something that would hedge inflation, usually hard assets such as precious metals, real estate, and even collectibles like art, comic books etc (anyone see in the news about that Action Comics #1 currently bid up to about $230k).

So precious metals are risky even when they seem like a no brainer.

I am interested in precious metals.

Tenants should be informed to clear snow around those openings to allow for proper functioning of the heating system.If you have oil or propane heat, then there must be access to the fill openings in case fuel delivery is needed.I also encourage that snow be removed from around the nearest fire hydrant, so that in the event of a misfortune such as a fire, that the fire crews aren't wasting precious time excavating the hydrant.But what I typically see is a run on the grocery stores, for items like milk, eggs and bread...

Having started out in stocks (namely, my 401k and IRA) and real estate (including notes secured by real estate), my thought is this:The analysis by which the individual investor has to perform is much easier to do and understand when it comes to real estate.I remember reading about asset allocation (US vs. foreign stocks, small vs. mid- vs. large caps companies, value vs. growth, % dedicated to REITs, precious metals/commodities, TIPS, bonds (short, mid- and long term, high quality vs. junk) and thinking "where do I start?"