I have not seen prices inflated just to secure higher comps & given the expertise of most appraisers it doesn't make sense.

Type: 1BR 1BA Condo Features: Corner ranch unit, 755 Sqft, W/D in unit, sliders to deck, 1 Car Garage, low rise two story building.Built: 1975Amenities: Pool and Club House Best selling factors: Garage.

Firstly I think of RE as an alternative investment and would never consider putting more than a small portion of my total portfolio into it, secondly it would primarily be as an inflation hedge or for the income, granted I wouldn't be interested in income investing until I was closer to retirement.

@Keren Adaki Marco Island is definitely a unique are to invest right now with rising prices and the current economic situation, but I would be interested to learn more about your strategy and how you wanted to make it work in this new local environment that we're adapting to!

In '02 I quit my high rise cubicle job and moved my little family from Denver to central WA to do this.

The market was just starting to rise when I purchased the home.

Definitely still an affordable area though fourplexes and duplexes continue to rise in price (they bottomed out in 2011 when out of state owners were fire selling and getting foreclosed on).  

Inflation can be your enemy or your friend, and for landlords it's our friend.

Just natural appreciation/inflation are going to have a huge impact over 30 years, and could vary quite a bit between what we expect now, versus what we actually get in the future. 

Remember each one teach one and we all rise together!