Speculators who are buying futures contracts as hedges against inflation have no intention of ever receiving the oil, and artificially remove it from the marketplace for the term of the contract, which results in the appearance of a shortage of crude available to refiners.

Iirc, that's a kidney medicine. 

The other possibility is that the original owner may have had some political connections that kept prices artificially low until your purchase triggered an "oh crud Bob isn't there anymore panic".

But hopefully you're not buying into artificial inflation or buying for appreciation.

Most likely something is not reporting to the high score bureau and it's leaving the score artificially high.

But overall, yes, we're bubbly and just came out of a huge bubble pop that has been artificially inflated by the fed for the past 4-5 years.

“In the later part of the cycle, especially with artificially compressed yields from the FOMC, you will see convergence between higher-end and lower-end properties/areas/classes.

There is a big difference between real estate and medicine, the barrier to entry in real estate is about as low as it gets, and the barrier to practice medicine is at the other end of the spectrum.You really don't need a lot of knowledge in real estate to make a lot of money, not compared to other professions, there are no secrets in real estate!

The opportunity value of equity reduces true cash flow by creating artificial cash flow.

The vanity and medicine cabinet are also very old with peeling paint.