I want to nail down a true number and not something inflated.

You lose out on inflation AND opportunity costs if you're wrong about it not being a good time (which no offense, but the probability of you being wrong is very high). 

I'm starting to model some much more sophisticated scenarios of buying investment properties, but before I even got too far into it, I began modeling the impact of inflation on your paycheck and personal expenses.For example, I ran four different scenarios.No inflation on your paycheck and personal expenses: the $5,000 per month you earn is still $5,000 per month 40 years into the future.

I just don't know how much of an issue it actually is as of yet.I have thought about getting an estimate from a foundation repair company, but at the same time would much prefer to have an independent analysis of what exactly is needed instead of hearing it from someone who can easily inflate the situation to improve their own profit.Thanks for any tips!

Beyond that, I just assume that everything I get from the seller is ridiculously inflated. 

. : I invested in to my own installation last year in June.It felt like the new gold rush.There are TONS of companies on the market because of the 30% tax incentives + subsidies.They show you nice graphs with high IRR (min 10%) with inflated estimated power output and are making crazy margins thanks to the subsidies from the local utilities.Make sure to challenge their assumptions and have them compete against each other to get the best price as possible.

Prices in Lexington seem to be slightly inflated.

The Fed acts as the regulator and sets the broad policy goals with low inflation and full employment as the guiding principles.

The last 5, 6 years we've said we are recovering but where's the inflation?

Plus, stuff happens...move, marriage, divorce, kids, can't management, don't want to manage...and you want the property to support your life decisions.We psychologically inflate the value of things that we already own over items we don't own...it's called the endowment effect.