It's all Artificial Uptrends, but, it saved me for now.

I'd use slats as mentioned above or maybe the artificial greenery panels that can be attached to a fence for privacy. 

Artificially low interest rates create mal investment. 

They're still on the high of the hot market we had right before this started. also there is essentially an artificially created "limited supply" on inventory right now because most markets are closed down.

It's not normal, it's artificial.

DP does lower the mortgage however you are buying what amounts to artificial cash flow at a very high premium.If a mortgage is at 4% then you are only saving 4% by paying down.

I use in in my rental properties for flooring, concrete, artificial grass, etc. 

Many areas see placing an artificially manipulated lien on real estate as filing a false lien.

It has been artificially stalled, but the correction will complete like it has for every commodity market man has ever created and real estate will revert to its historical mean.

Originally posted by Ben Kevan:... purchases of the bottom side are hard to get (FBI just ran through our sheriffs auctions and will hopefully put an end to the price fixing that's been going on)....You do realize that the bid rigging at those foreclosures kept the prices artificially LOW - so expect that future prices might actually be higher at the foreclosure auctions ...See link on this (and my comments) in the thread below:http://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/41/topics/59549-foreclosure-auction