Gold and silver are both bad stores of value if the crap really hits the fan because the government generally confiscates it.

The nice thing about owning a quality note is the should a better opportunity present itself, you should be able to liquidate it rather quickly (partially or in its entirety).Owning long distance rental property is, IMO, a good way to expose yourself to a lot of headache.

On reason, I believe for this, is nobody can credibly state what the proper money supply (level of liquidity) should be.

That is, if you steal from a private store, you are still only prosecuted by the government, who will call the store owner as a witness.

Now I feel like every moment in those stores is lost time in my life.

Good point Jason, lenders will not seperate you from your busienss.Using credit cards in your LLC might get you an account at the local business supply store, it's practically ignored in RE financing, the credit line is simply not sufficient.The best way to obtain credit in the LLC is to make money and show the ability topay the debt!

Jack, equity is paper wealth... it tends to be ignored in the CoC.The only way it could be included would be to continuously do reappraisals and then figure in the expense it would take to liquidate it.

-Move-in: Provide paper towels, toilet paper, shower curtain, liquid soap & fresh ice.

Would you make the pawn shop folks go with you to the store and buy some tools to store the value?

My title was "Liquidation Assistant".