While gold has intrinsic values, used for flaunting wealth, medical applications and electronics, in really chaotic times Tom, IMO, gold might not get you what you want.Moving on to the graduate level, Byran, (lol) that would be beyond Fox U., there are survivalist schools of thought for hording gold.

I don't care about credit, IMO paying your rent could be a priority over credit cards and medical bills and if the tenant has a good record of paying their rent (no eviction history) I don't think the credit history will tell me much.I also plan to accept applicants with an eviction history as long as it is not too recent and I will require an increased security deposit to account for the increased risk.

When its hot, the house grows black spikes that act as heat sinks to cool the house.I'm not convinced we will get to the point of having electric generation at every house, but I do see potential for smaller, more distributed electric generation.I suspect it won't be long before your bathroom is equiped with medical analyzers.

Scamming landlords will become popular among mainstream young.We will pay our debt to China with deflated assets.

. $350 per resident on a bi-weekly basis.There are state monitored facilities and private- non medical.

Also check with your insurance and make sure such a thing is covered.A lot of people rent out rooms to visiting oil men or medical students.

Pay off those Credit cards, your medical bills, that flashy new car, or whatever else you have that is dragging you down.  

Had to move due to family medical reasons.  

You will need a much "thicker skin" to succeed in real estate - and an ability to accept advice and "know what you don't know"Bottom line is that IMO you are not ready to run a successful business, just as you are probably not ready to run a successful medical practice or law practice.

My credit report has a collection that is about $380 .. it is not medical it is a spritn bill.. it was posted recently 3 months ago so it is hurting my credit... im trying to buy a house.. they want me to settle for $180 but if i settle they will not remove the debt of my credit report they will just update the record to show settled... 1. should i pay it and have it updated?