Hard assets will be the place to be, real estate and gold, and if you can finance RE with a modest amount of low fixed-rate debt (no more than 65% LTV to ensure staying cash flow positive in the coming carnage), then all the better.1996 21.2%1997 31.3%1998 23.4%1999 23.6%2000 -10.9%2001 -11.0%2002 -20.9%2003 31.6%2004 12.5%2005 6.4%2006 15.8%2007 5.6%2008 -37.2%2009 28.3%2010 17.2%2011 1.0%2012 16.1%6/28/13 YTD 14.0%

Also remember that a good home inspector during the due-diligence phase is worth his weight in gold.

I subjectively knew this deal was a "NEXT" situation, but I had to sharpen my understanding of this so that next time I could sort through the kilos of dust to find the gram of gold Faster.

That information would be worth its weight in gold :-)@Dawn Anastasi I have the same investment strategy as you!

He who has the gold rules.Wouldn't the best people to ask this question to is those who have the money ... the lenders?

If it were, there would not have been Bretton Woods, FED, fractional reserve banking, destruction of gold standard, nor China as we know it today.

Thought some people might chuckle at this one.http://laluttecontinue.tumblr.com/post/20069287160/a-letter-from-jp-morgan-ceo-to-gold-diggers

Hey Tyler,Houses for rent are gold mines.

before he would he would live in Ohio again.In my market, a good S8 tenant is landlord gold.

Some of these will ride hot commodities like oil, gold or something else for months or years, and then go belly up when it reverses.Nothing here to see, folks.