That 1 item alone makes a realtor worth their weight in gold. 

Yet when I sell I have to pay tax on $2mI just keep stacking stacking stacking gold and silver. 

Gold 10 year up 6%. 

After visiting there I got the perfect vibe that this place would be a gold mine for an Airbnb STR property.

I think it would be worth It to schedule a few consultations and ask what you can expect if you hire that company and how it will benefit you.The bottom line is having a RE focused tax professional is a great option that can be worth its weight in gold.

Where A diversified portfolio has hedges against risk in a variety of forms, real estate, stocks etc. gold has often been bought for safety vs return.

Multifamily is extremely competitive, and you will have more difficulty in finding a buy ( trust me, it is like striking gold when you find a nice value add opportunity at a good price).

(Not criticising this phenomenon just observing).Coming back to Marc Faber, I followed his and other people's advice too closely and had a lot of opportunity cost loss by going into emerging market equities (especially China) and gold.

I love the idea of hedging against inflation with something like holding my reserves (or a portion thereof) in gold, thank you.

In regards to your 1st scenario please elaborate on how you think an experienced investor would go in and do the deal and make it work.As for your 2nd scenario the seller "saving their credit" is total fool's gold.