Colorado Springs is a beautiful place to live and will continue to attract new residents from all over the country for decades to come! 

The beauty about real estate investing is that theres almost endless possibilities you just have to network with the right people and understand the risk of each deal.

Owners mistakenly ASSUME all PMCs offer the exact SAME SERVICES and PERFORM those services EXACTLY THE SAME WAY, so price is the only differentiator – so, they often select the first PMC they call or that calls them back!

Underwriting will assess the performance and appraisal of the property based on traditional long-term rental comps.

And a little skepticism that the market would continue to grow at 5% or more on average (it's been ~7% average for the 8 years I've lived here)@Dave Foster I filled out the BP spreadsheet here for the sell or rent decision, and similar to you advice, selling and investing the profits in index funds performs only slightly below being a DIY landlord, making that seem an attractive option. 

Looks beautiful

Yes, you read that right, the American system was designed to best facilitate FAILURE not success. because when there is freedom to FAIL, it comes from consumers ability to choose, choose who is worth it, who isnt, and the poor performers fail and the good performers are rewarded. 

They were all non performing - many renovation loans where little reno was done and maturity date already passed - guessing it was inexperienced borrowers learning how to flip and were getting "easy" money. ya they took me out of about 14 of my deals and well being that I was getting paid it was not my place to coach them they made loans far in excess of my positions. 

I love the greasy feel, the smell of cash, the reminder it gives me of my misspent youth and what I would have done with all that beautiful cash back when I was young and stupid.

@George Turner Alpine Building Performance is another great option!