How do those four cornerstones really help somebody build something that withstands time?

Well, what it does, it's a culmination of a lot of different factors.

And what's important is you really need to understand what exactly those pillars mean.

So when I get into the four pillars and I start with data, actionable intelligence is what I mean by that is I'm not talking about Bloomberg terminals or expensive subscriptions.

I'm talking about actionable intelligence research that tells you what to buy, where to buy it, when to walk away.

And most investors, and I mean this with respect, including a lot of professional syndicators and fund operators, operate on three or four data points.

The cap rate, the neighborhood, the property type, the seller story, that's it.

What advice would you give them?

So how is it that these hard assets actually help to preserve capital through recessionary, through depressions, through currency devaluations and wars and whatever have you that disrupts economies.

Well, if you take different niches, you look at one of our niches, which is medical office.

Well, Alan, the human body is never going out of style.

You still need to go to the doctor, still need physician services.

We invest in all different types of asset classes within the medical industry.

If you're looking at multifamily, people need a place to live and rent.

So there's different hard asset classes, especially in commercial real estate that produce cashflow because they deal with economic stability and what people need in order to live and sustain their lives.

again? As you look back over your career and working with a vast number of different investors, what separates those who have learned how to really develop generational wealth from those who are just merely trying to time the market?