I'm posting because I believe many are hung up the way I was, until I put my foot into the pool and found out that any type of real estate endeavor was achievable if I didn't count on anyone else to do it for me.

I'm concentrating on flips to increase my available cash pool relatively quickly so I can be in a position to do multiple cash offers.

Happy to give you a second opinion on comps or ARV in the old Denver markets that we are familiar with (i.e wash park, highlands, sunny side, congress park, etc.), just let me know.

for $5 billion) - played pool with the founders a few times when they were still struggling.  

Contact several contractors - most of whom will not call you back, and they have just eliminated themselves from the pool already by being unresponsive.Print out several copies of the scope of work and give the same thing to each contractor who comes to give you a quote.

The properties I managed hired a photographer and video guy we staged the apartments and did outside photos when pool and grounds were top notch. 

I have houses on my watch list from last year that still haven't sold.We spent the first 9 months remodeling it and added it to the rental pool Memorial Weekend.

I visited some folks near Phoenix that moved from here, they bought a very nice double wide and the park was a bit of a country club, golf, tennis, indoor pool, pretty nice, except they had no grass.

Do you think the demand for the nightly rentals will keep up with the continual growth as developers add new properties to the rental pool? 

@Hari Mann, although not in NOVA, I have rented to college students and here are my two cents.....Good:  steady pool of applicants, Competitive rents.