They just knew it was gold.

I would also invest in physical gold or silver or a real estate investment trust where the seller is in it financially. 

And an unsolicited offer to purchase is like the gold nugget for demonstrating intent - "My intent was to hold and I wasn't trying to sell but they made me an offer I couldn't refuse".  

I had one unit that had an older white fridge and new smooth top black stove,  the tenant was actually not crazy about me putting a new fridge in to match. now if you harvest gold or avacodo appliances I get it...

I'm not quite sure what they were thinking buying this land - maybe that it was a potential gold mine while the bubble was on the rise?

So it works great while I keep my FT job until "passive" income cuts my chains

I have a 401k, sep ira, Robinhood, lending club, physical gold and silver.

This doc and my chain of email correspondence is all that I would need if I ever did end up in a dispute.

For retail commercial typically there is almost always a seller co-op to buyers broker split evenly.For multifamily it varies across the board with some sellers wanting the buyer to pay the fee etc.It really depends on who the seller is and if they are individual, partnership, investment syndicate,the national chain business operator, or a REIT- Insurance company,etc.They all have different practices and procedures. 

Be weary because some are just daisy chaining deals, selling others properties or trying to sell MLS properties.