I prefer precious metals for that and I use real estate as an income driver.

I've NEVER heard of a braided metal hose failing.  

One thing i've been doing for our section 8 clients and on the buildings i'm in the process of purchasing is going metal door jams.

To install them, you do drill right through the asphalt shingles, but any reputable installer also installs high quality metal flashing over every penetration to prevent leaking.

A home is a stack of wood, metal, and other synthetic and raw materials...

Those self-education activities and numerous blogs, technical charting books, ETFs, index funds, 24/5 futures, fx, metals, commodities, energies, cyclical methods, moon phases, sun spots studies, etc made me feel like I am some sort of small authority so out of hobby started working on market charts to make those theories put to work in real life just for fun.

Yes, whole Seattle area is tenant friendly but, I thoroughly screen my tenants, set expectations up front and have an iron clad lease, so I haven't personally had any issues with the renters here.

If you were paying for something say precious metals... often do a EFT to the company... some people do wires when buying a vehicle/etc vs showing up with cash. 

Host an event highlighting the haunted stuff. have a dark metal band or weird steampunk band play the event. 

I have actually been zapped many times walking past the metal edge on the corners of my walls as the static electricity arced across.