When I have had to evict, I've found the courts and sheriffs here very easy to work with and it has been a quick process (in fact just as quick as any other state which is one reason CO is consistently named in the top 5 landlord-friendly states).

You have to file a complaint in Superior Court and appear for trial.

Quote from @Paola Astrid: Different courts do it differently.

Court is at the end of next week.

However, I have no problem removing bad tenants, with or without the court.

Annual registrations, point of sale inspections, turning a blind eye to the most awful owner occupied housing while being overly strict to investment properties, courts that continue to drag out the eviction process; excruciatingly slow, laborious, and expensive permit processes; evictions that continue to be granted one extension after the next... these are the difficulties you run into in those cities. 

Those photos (if you have them) should also be sent to the tenant and used if you go to court otherwise it is your word against theirs (should they deny leaving the mess).

As mentioned above: if you paid some sort of “bribe/incentive” to the seller  you’ll need the receipiant’s social security number and they’ll need to declare the income. 

But a year or two of rent is the least I would expect to lose after they got free tenant lawyers and met you in court.

Agreed I did hire a property manager just as soon as I got the complaint I just don’t want to deal with anything legal/court system especially in dcmy lawyer advised me that if I can settle for a month or two of free rent so do it but you’re right having my attorney handle all communications mivhh is by forward