In the spirit of us taking back the Republic and doing it ourselves, I thought I would share a way for people to move beyond the Federal Reserve System for private contracts. I am also a landlord (and looking to rent out a room at the moment if anyone is looking in DC--the campaign is hiring!) and use a gold clause in my rental agreements:

"Landlord shall have the right to require rent payments to be made in cash, money order, by cashier's/certified check or in gold coin of the United States of or equal to the standard of weight and fineness existing on the date of this contract."

More info here:

http://www.mises.org/books/goldpeace.pdf

http://www.amazon.com/Gold-Clause-Wh.../dp/0916728269