How does the regular shmuck invest/hold these things?

[Yukon Cornelius]

I know the heart of my investments should be in stuff that can't be printed or paper and always hold value (precious metals, farm land, wood, water sources, petroleum, pipelines, etc.) but how does the little guy do this?

PMs are easy to attain but how about the other things I mentioned? How does the average shmoe acquire this stuff or at least begin to get into investing in this stuff without ending up with some certificate that says you own a portion of it?

Aside from maybe buying some farmland are there ways to buy some of this stuff?

What if I have only $5000 to spend on it? $10,000? $100,000?

[cubical]

you can own businesses that own these things. You can buy oil companies, food companies, PM companies, land companies etc.

[Yukon Cornelius]

you can own businesses that own these things. You can buy oil companies, food companies, PM companies, land companies etc.

I am assuming you mean stock in these companies?