(I've seen nominal prices of homes rival or surpass 2006 levels, so I'm thinking maybe the Case Shiller index is also adjusted for inflation?  

Nominating a prospect, I call, ask it they want the apt and make an appointment to sign the lease. 

Even at nominal figures across the board and managing the property yourself, it would interfere with cashflow...even negative cashflow in some results.

They will maximize your insurance payout for a nominal fee. 

There will be an extra expense involved, like a mortgage tax, but it will be nominal and sure beats waiting the 60 days to resale!

The BPO providers sending the report in are what the bank considers "non-biased" meaning they were paid a nominal fee such as 75 bucks or so to complete an interior BPO.They give more weight to the BPO report than anything a buyers agent, sellers agent, or the buyer and seller say.

There is no question that it was affected by the nationwide downturn three years after opening but what a great project:Atlantic Station is located on the site of the Atlantic Steel mill, which opened in 1901.[1] The steel mill was nearly closed in the mid-1970s, but it remained nominally operational primarily to avoid the huge costs it would have required to remediate the soil contamination present after years of operation.[2]Developer Jim Jacoby, who also redeveloped Florida's Marineland, began putting the project together in 1997 when his company became the property contractor of the land.

Now it has around 13,000 properties.Miller and Adamson said since owners can list 100 rentals and process them through the registry for a nominal sum, it appears some people could be leaving the registry to avoid accountability as they notice loopholes."

Frank Nothaft, chief economist for CoreLogic, weighed in on pricing recently stating that “As of the end of 2016, the CoreLogic national index was 3.9 percent below the peak reached in April 2006,” and “We expect our national index to rise 4.7 percent during 2017, which would put homes prices at a new nominal peak before the end of this year.”

You're looking for the CAP Rate:The income stream (GSI - expenses) is = NOI andThe CAP rate is that NOI / Purchase Price.SO nominal math says the cap rate becomes less whenthe NOI goes downor the Purchase Price goes upI use the cash-on-cash  (NOI / down payment) to determine annual return for plunking down my $$$.