For what its worth, I am a member of the "Gold VIP" program.

“Cashflow is a yield on a pile of gold” “Get as much real estate as you can safely and prudently, with cash reserves, so you're building that capital for when you retire.

. $1,000,000 in gold vs $1,000,000 in dollar bills. 

--George Bernard ShawOr then again:From childhood’s hour I have not beenAs others were—I have not seenAs others saw—I could not bringMy passions from a common spring—From the same source I have not takenMy sorrow—I could not awakenMy heart to joy at the same tone—And all I loved—I loved alone—Then—in my childhood—in the dawnOf a most stormy life—was drawnFrom every depth of good and illThe mystery which binds me still—From the torrent, or the fountain—From the red cliff of the mountain—From the sun that round me rolledIn its autumn tint of gold—From the lightning in the skyAs it passed me flying by—From the thunder, and the storm—And the cloud that took the form(When the rest of Heaven was blue)Of a demon in my view—-- Edgar Allan PoeOr still:"So many of our dreams at first seem impossible, then they seem improbable, and then, when we summon the will, they soon become inevitable."

RE is so much more complex than crypto, stocks, bonds, gold, etc. and should be taken seriously. 

Pawn shop license, license to buy gold, license to sell cigarettes, license to  sell beer.

This isn’t 2010 where gold was in the streets, you have to work hard to find the tiniest of profits.  

The book is simple but gold and a quick read

My PM's are worth their weight in gold and I would rather spend my time managing my property managers than managing my tenants.  

REI is not a printing press, it's a salt mine; where one can learn alchemy, to mine salt and turn it into gold.