The trick here is that the very same day you buy the house, you also "relist it" back on the market at the new inflated price.

., cap rate), beware that some may be set up with above market rent to inflate the purchase price.

At this point I just tell them that if an investor ever decided to pay my (admittedly greatly inflated) price I would just continue to raise the price until the investor was no longer interested!

Inflation is constantly eating away at your profit and rent increases are needed just to stay even.

Of course they are going to inflate numbers and omit some expenses you'll encounter along the way just so it sounds good and easy to do.

Personally, I think Zillow has inflated values.

Do you really want to jump into a multi-unit and then find out that you aren’t getting a deal on the property because you found it on the MLS and lord knows it’s rare to find a deal on that, not to mention the listing agent has inflated the price on the property.

I thought that was an inflated percentage to help protect the new investor from disaster.

There are several nice areas out here in the bay that are highly desireable, mainly thanks to the many hi-tech company's, weather, and several other factors.As a downfall though, most prices are over inflated so in order to get a deal you have to get a little creative.Currently I continue to come accross a lot of short sales and pre-foreclosures in great areas throughout the bay.

How do you profit from inflation?