Thankfully, I've received a ton of great information in this thread alone that is forcing us to re-think our markets and approach each one more strategically.Thanks for the advice, I think having clearer criteria is vital.

No, you can't because those are asinine statements with no grounding in reality.If I own a gold bar, I have to pay to store it and insure it, so is it a liability?

If it does, the place will be a gold mine.

They are acting as an agent without the laws, ethics requirements, education, and insurance that are vital IMO.Some of the posters here have advertised properties they have no contract on so.

Unless you were hoarding gold.

Treasuries will be out, the last remaining haven will be metals like gold and silver.

Communication is vital - I hate chasing people down.

Mine are worth their weight in gold.  

It seems that this is no longer a topic of vital interest, but it is a subject that I have at least some useful opinions on.A spreadsheet program is primarily intended for manipulating numbers easily.

Each time I go and pay my $68/month for 40 sq ft of space, I run the math and think the place must be a gold mine, but then I see that it's Owner Operated and that they live upstairs over the office and the shine disappears a bit.