@Michael Leeson big fat no.

The back up seems to be that the tank filter was clogged by grease / fat.

They say pigs get fat but hogs get slaughtered.

@Pete Harper, I understand your conundrum, but there are few things I love better than a fat little greasy wad of cash sitting pretty in my hot little hand, stinking of sin.

Driving around I spotted a house in a decent neighborhood that had a fat FOR SALE sign in the front yard and a phone number but it's not a broker sign. 

C'mon, like our govt overlords like to say it can happen to any of us - Unless you're a public employee that can sit home at full pays in sweats for eight months of COVID and look forward to a fat retirement check I'm funding. 

You can see the chart below (one of my faves ;) to get an overall idea, based on a long history. bottom line is that many millions of dollars were made in the Bay Area strictly due to appreciation.

All of us also know we are operating under pretty slim margins as is and aren’t all fat cats counting our stacks but that is how we are viewed by many.  

LVP and carpet are my faves.

You have to make it worth their while to "settle for" a drip-feed return father than their rightful big fat return up front.ie.