VintageGent’s Menswear Daily

New Ideas for Your Mattress Money?

Lately, there has been a lot of uncertainty about the economy.  Many folks think “this to shall pass” and are well served by keeping their investments in tact.  In fact, they look it as an opportune time to buy.  On the other hand, there are people panicking and wondering if they should just put cash under their mattress and that will be the extent of their retirement income investing. They won’t gain anything, unless a coin they put under there should become a valuable collectible someday, but they won’t lose anything. They may not have as many nightmares at night, but they certainly will have sore backs.

Before you listen to all of the commercials, and send your gold jewelry in to be melted down, the other alternative that is being publicized is real estate trust deed investments that Diamond Bay LLC is offering.

Of course, land and real estate is a more stable investment in the long term than stocks, but before investing in anything new do thorough research.  My great-grandmother didn’t thoroughly research her investment strategy of putting tolled coins in the floor board of the second story of her house.   One day, the ceiling in the living room started to bow.    Grandpa couldn’t get away with saying that Aunt Doris was merely a bit more rotund than usually and was just walking over that part of the floor.  It was definitely a structural issue.