@Cailyn Aune  I can only go by my own experience that is over 4 decades.and Real estate tends to go in 10 year cycles at least in California.but when I think of each down turn it was for a completely different reasonmid 70's  end of viet nam warmid 80s was high interest and RTC89 was war in Iraq and Loma preita earthquakelate 2001 was a short live dot com bubble2008 the mother of all melt downsso here we are 8 years later .. low interest high employment NO liar loans.. 20 to 30% of all properties being sold in cash... land use regulations.. increasing population in areas that people actually want to live.will we melt down in 2 years I don't know but who knows what the catalyst will be since its never been the same thing twice.

Once they realize you are serious about determining their ability to pay they melt into the shadows.

**newbie's hard-drive melts and the screen goes blank*

Having that liberty was mind melting.

The ice cream melted but everything else in there did not spoil.Sometimes the problem trying to reimburse a tenant for spoiled food is that you suddenly find they claim the crab legs, lobster, shrimp and T-bone steaks they purchased have gone bad. 

@Richard Dunlop  had not thought of returning to Detroit but your probably right, we did very well there before the epic melt down and got out before that happened. 

@Steve Guzek As I just read this I basically melted down and bowed to your feet.

That is where ice melt (salt) is critical.

From Chicago, Detroit ( got out before the melt down thank god) Indy, Memphis, st.

The problem with aluminum is two fold 1) when the ends oxidize they will be more likely to overheat, melt and possibly burn 2) it expands and contracts more than copper which can lead to gaps at the connection again causing possible arcing, overheating and possibly a fire.