Also the condos in Rivertown/Gold Coast.Im going to fly out for a week to get a sense of the town...any thoughts about the different neighborhoods would really help in giving me some direction.

Basically, a self directed IRA enables you to choose the investment type and the only investments you may not invest in with your IRA are insurance policies and collectibles (although some government issued gold bullion, etc are now approved).In 1974 ERISA (Employee Retirement Income Security Act) stated that you may invest your retirement funds in any vehicle you choose with the exclusion of teh two forementioned.

But the fact remains, contrary to what everybody is saying, if the dough is used for a business purpose secured by an owner occupied residential property it is exempt from the SAFE act.I'm not talking about the wisdom of such a loan, only it's status under the SAFE act.

Communicate with them and document their financial status.

I have my guests pay the taxes so the only pain for me is to pay my quarterly taxes to the state.

Lange pledged a LOT of funds and the ruse was a goldmine or gold stocks he had plus the cash.

I have heard good things about Birmingham and think that you might be sitting in a gold mine :)GL and enjoy the site.

I followed Scott J and clicked the Add as Colleague but it didn't seem to save the Colleague status.

But, someday, you might get lucky and call someone needing to sell yesterday.It's like panning for gold!

That said, he also says Gold will reach $5000 by 2015 and were in for another Economic low in July 2011(not another recession just a low/correction).