One way to start with tangibles begins when you buy your own furniture. Buying antique or vintage furniture can help you recoup the purchase price when you get tired of it, have to move, have to downsize. If you buy retail furniture, high-end or IKEA, you will find yourself unable to sell it later for anything near what. you paid. So, I’ve been happy buying smaller, versatile functional pieces (like a side table for the living room or a small chest of drawers) of antiques. I began doing this after moving from the midwest to San Francisco and then to the East Coast. I had a couple of antiques in San Francisco which I could sell when I moved. I recommend buying useful pieces which you like, which are functional (in good shape and not needing fixing), and — for furniture — have their original finish, even if scuffed. Start out buying from a reputable antique or vintage shop, read a bit. The other way to get into tangibles is to buy collectibles from your childhood, if you do so in your 20s. Typically, as folks grow older and have more disposable income, these become desirable. Again, only buy what you like. Buy small portable things — like cartoon cels, ephemera, etc. Once you get going, you might enjoy estate sales, auctions, etc.