Oh, I almost forgot ... my own Brother just moved his property maintence / construction business from Portland up to Augusta.

Section 280A(g) of the Internal Revenue Code is also known as the Augusta Rule.

I want to do my numbers right, but I also don't want to waste any precious time if a number isn't meaningful!

Every square inch of the OC is precious and the sellers are right to think they own prime real estate.What are you bringing to the game?

I have accumulated precious metals irregularly for years.

After all, time is our most precious commodity.

If the price of precious metals is expected to go up (significantly?)

@Juan Diaz,I lumped categorical implications based on capital movement, and the constraint of otherwise limits in the principle based from mainstream economics; land, money, labor, and commodities, where money knows no border yet labor is monetized as a commodity just like the intrinsic value of a precious metal, or the value of crops.

Semi precious stones can normally be bought for Under $.05 per dollar of appraised value, and seldom are the semi precious stones GIA appraised.

Gold and other precious metal scenarios are far from assured from working.