You will get a number of different opinion on gold.

Speak with a RE attorney, it might cost you $250-350 but its going to be well worth its weight in gold.

The only money allowed in the constitution is coins.3) Return to the gold standard so we have real money, instead of fiat currency.

But, if your goal is to save money by implementing good tax strategies, a great accountant is worth their weight in gold. 

If they keep on hearing in the news that there is a gold rush going on in real estate of real estate is the hot new thing to invest in , it will result in more people purchasing properties.Most people have a herd mentality and they want to invest when it is "safe".

This has been the conventional gold standard for many years.

I treat buyer's agents like gold because they are the ones' who bring me the buyer's and promote my properties.

In the infamous words of Austin Powers:Well I vana toilet made out of solid gold, but it's just not in the cards now is it?

Last time it was a sheep investment not the livestock but a gold-ish sheep statue covered in a few fragments mother of pearl and semi precious stones ... for 6k.

From my pov, if something catastrophic happens to the point where dollars are worthless then gold will be worthless too.