Originally posted by @Tom Gimer:Headline: Riptide pulls sleeping drunk FL MORTGAGE BROKER out to sea This is a brutal thread but this post is gold lol

Currently, they are treated more as an investment like gold than a means of exchange.

If I state that I want to receive gold/silver in lieu of the USD do I still pay tax on the proceeds of the sale?

Although manufactured home sales are not my niche in real estate investing, I wanted to welcome you to BiggerPockets.I'm sure that if you take advantage of the wealth of information available at your disposal, you will definitely find the answer you seek as well as other gems and nuggets as it relates to real estate investing.We are happy to help you in any way we can.So on that note, Crystal, welcome and I wish you all the best in your real estate investing career!

I currently attended Gold Coast & passed my real estate course exam.

It's like getting a pat on your head and a gold star on your paper from your teacher.

Even if Uncle Ricky offers more money, the seller is still in your corner because you truly were there to help them and were professional and respectful of their situation" I just thought that right there is gold, and is exactly how it needs to be done.12.

If your intent was to hold the property for productive use and you can demonstrate that wit past practice, documentation of conversations with your professionals, rental agreements, actual rent, etc then you could indeed do a 1031 because your intent was to hold and something external changed that intent.And the unsolicited offer is the gold standard of something that can change your intent. 

Your VA entitlement is like gold. 

Economist Richard Thaler was awarded the Nobel Prize last year for articulating what my kindergarten teacher knew instinctively -- to encourage people to behave in a certain way, you add gold stars after their name to reward their good behavior.