You're in real estate?
It's been solid in the years before 2007.
Many people advise TIPs (Treasury Inflation Protected).
Essentially, short term Treasuries can be as good as cash at this time.
There's real concern over the risk of inflation.
Perhaps you don't fully understand the people who get a free lunch.
They might just be those who have invested in the $650 Billion in corporate bonds in the past 3 years.
And the Trillions in ten, twenty and thirty year Treasury bonds.
If inflation gathers speed to 2.5% (Bernanke's stop),
Any intervention by the Federal Reserve will take months (6 at least) to correct.
“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make
you something else is the greatest accomplishment.” ---Ralph
Waldo Emerson