Read blogs, post questions, and the podcasts are gold!

Let me give you a simpler example you might understand:You're holding two bars of silver and I'm holding two bars of gold, and you say, "We both have two bars...we are worth the same!" 

Others feel it was when Nixon took the USA off of the gold standard in 1971.

The networking that will naturally occur is worth its weight in gold.

The guy owned parking lots in downtown Denver for christ sakes, talk about gold mines.

Maybe add some gold accents and install a toilet that looks like basketball hoop.

Just one example of costs that scale or are optimized if you build a portfolio versus a property.When I speak with new investors, I always tell them that real estate is an interesting asset type - risk actually declines with additional purchases if you buy right which is always the case with other assets (e.g. buying more gold bars doesn't make your existing gold bars less risky unless you are cost averaging down).  

Property managers are a gold mine for local information on what rents and what doesn't plus they know the market trends and other issues affecting profitability.

You should tailor to different clientele: mom-and-pop CD and annuity investors (scared to death of fluctuating principal), vs affluent professionals and business owners that probably have a more balanced exposure of US and foreign equities, bonds, gold, and REITs, for example, and that's their framework.

I already have nice whirlpool gold stainless steel appliances and I plan on doing a tile backsplash which will help but I wanted the nice white shaker style door and have not seen that offered at home depot or Lowe's.