The problem is that single family homes are also going to like 1000$/oz

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4810835&forum_id=2#42281216)

you could buy a 5 BR house in swanky part of berlin for $100 (5 ounces of gold)

basically what i understand is that because of the length of leases, hyperinflation actually pwns landlords in the short term. ie you rent out your property for $5,000/month, then a month later $5,000 doesn't pay to fix the toilet int the property. but the landlord is still stuck getting $5K for a year or w/e.

add in to the mix that real estate is currently overvalued and silver is the most underpriced asset in the world, and you get even more favorable price action when they converge to equilibrium in real terms

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4810835&forum_id=2#42281239)

Houses are the worst asset class of all.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4810835&forum_id=2#42283203)

However - using silver/gold to buy property can also be a smart move - which is what happened in Weimar as well.

At the worst of it a few ounces of gold bought you an entire appartment block - or simply buying real estate with debt, then holding PM’s and selling a small fraction to pay off the debt.

At least one person sold all his hard assets for “worthless” paper money at the worst of it and then turned around and extend loans when the population needed legal tender to settle debt.

As you said though - the length of the leases is always an issue, especially in the US with rent control in many places now. Oakland CA is a major example of this - they have had rent control for a long time in that city and the annual % you could raise was always tied to inflation…until inflation actually became an issue and then the legislature simply changed their mind overnight and put a flat cap on rent levels. All over a few %. If you structure a lease right you can mitigate a lot of this (don’t pay utilities/garbage).

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4810835&forum_id=2#47653530)

1) Real estate.

2) Secured with fixed interest rate loans.

3) “Reserves” (for repairs, etc., or to acquire more real estate) held in precious metals.

4) Leases not longer than a year.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4810835&forum_id=2#47653540)