Are we going liquid in anticipation of another correction?

You can also clean the glass and metal part and then tape off the glass and spray paint it. 

Foreign investments carry additional political risks, currency risks, credit risks, liquidity risks, etc.

Different asset classes are available and they are liquid with no tenant or property hassles. 

They spray some chemical around the house, and it goes a certain depth into the soil and creates a chemical barrier the termites cant pass through.

We're in the process of rolling my wife's small 401k over to a self-directed IRA, and we're owed another $10k or so that I could see in the 1st quarter of 2019 if I'm lucky.However, we do hold one significant - if non-liquid - asset: we sold a piece of property to a young couple earlier this year and we're owner-financing it for them.

(before heloc int pmt spread). do you know how valuable liquidity is?

My case it was literally word for word in the contract what happened they lose their deposit as liquidated damages to me, yet they still were going to fight it.

Do you prefer to more liquid capital upfront?

That way if you decide you don’t like the market or don’t like investing, it will be easier to liquidate.