This was done by any of the following; a statement showing the down payment transferred “outside of closing”, funds transferred to the title company as a down payment but actually from the seller, the seller “purchasing” another asset from the buyer for a heavily inflated price, the reported price being in excess of the “real price” with the seller taking a “silent” second, and something known as “disappearing” earnest money, “paid” directly to the buyers attorney.

Inflation is happening and your suppose to raise your rent every year anyway.

Tenants pay the mortgages down, inflation raises rents and equity over time. 

I have found what I thought were deals only to talk to some local STR investors/management companies to find out that the AirDNA data is heavily inflated.  

There are a lot of parents etc who buy just to save money on housing costs, so the prices near UA are inflated.

Im trying to purchase my first SFR rental in OKC. 20% down, <$135k, C Neighborhood, 3bed, Near Turnkey.Inventory is awful, as to be expected.Interest rates are slowly inching up with the Fed expected to raise rates in a few weeks timeMeanwhile inflation has been CHEWING away at my cash for half a year and continues to accelerate. 

Heck, social security is increasing benefits 5.9% and that's still not keeping up with inflation! 

The problem investing in mobile homes right now is that prices are inflated.

The reasoning I gave myself for this was because I was trying to find somewhere to put my real estate fund so that it didn't dissolve due to inflation.

Well the biggest way Ive felt said inflation is in the very fast rise in the value of my real estate portfolio.