Thus, if I acquire at a higher price, my purchase price would raise the average but the impact would be smaller than if they were using my purchase price as the valuation. 

I would avoid a sale unless you no longer want to own the property or the demand is very high in the area.If your only goal is to raise capital (and assuming you're not towards the end of your 27.5 years of depreciation) then a refi might be your best financial play.

He had been saving his money to buy the house at auction, but couldn't raise enough in time.

If the contract was accepted, I would renovate and rent out the bar plus raise the rent of the hair salon from 400 to 600 per month.

She told us she was raising her 3 grandchildren for her daughter and usually she was there in person to meet with us but on some occasions we would meet with the "Baby Sitter" instead and we always thought that the "Baby Sitter" was actually the daughter and that she was the one actually living in the house but we couldn't prove it.

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The MLS fee is $35 per month unless they have raised it recently.  

We raise generally 3-8% depending on how far below market they are.

I've got the resources to pull that off so that is a possibility, but how much further are these prices going to raise and how long will they stay there?

Once you list the property you can lower the price, but it's very difficult to raise the price if you priced it too low.I've written about my earlier experiences when I first got into this business.