I gulp agree w the realtor on this; taking your cash and putting it in a house definitely is a hedge against inflation. I believe it’s coming maybe not soon but we are on a suicide path therewith. So you should probably hedge one way or the other; gold ; ETF resouce shares; a house; but sitting around w cash waiting for the crash? I think you could get crushed; not safe; personally I think vanguard energy vipers or gdx gold mining index fund or slw silver mines is a much better hedge than my abode and if I were single I’d be w shares. But if you are sitting on cash waiting for the moment shen blood is running in the streets I think you’ll die a death of a thousand band aids.,…