But what I was most proud of was seeing so many people out....stores and restaurants opening (my favorite sushi place was already back up)...and just the return of life and "back to business" attitude that makes Houston such a great city.I already experienced contractors trying to jack up prices...some legit as I know getting materials is more expensive. 

It is a favorite pass time for me.

Now that those ventures into the PE markets and doing this business at large scale are part of my past, I'm extremely excited to get back to my favorite part of REI, meeting people, doing deals, and helping other fellow adventurers in any way I can.I am very excited to be part of the BP community.

@Layla Niu, Hi Layla I found most of my local meet ups meetup.com, My two favorites are the Milpitas Parktown Pizza and Harry Hofbrau in San Jose. 

one or two of which could be in our favorite ski resort towns... etc... 

FYI the Carmel/PG/Monterey area is one of my favorites in CA to vacation.

If you uncover that answer, it may shed some light on the investment (maybe it's good info and it satisfies my skeptical approach)I have found the biggest three seller motivations (with landlords) are:1) Tenants are subpar and current owner is tired of managing (in this, you're inheriting headaches, eviction, and much higher repair costs than you expect). 2)  An estate took over and just wants to get it gone (in which case there is probably a back balance owed that needs to be flushed out along with a general lack of property knowledge). 3)  My personal favorite: the Owner bought via tax sale deed (and therefore does not want to be a landlord, just wants his investment + reasonable return).If everything checks out, it sounds like a great deal bud.  

However, as fellow Las Vegan Flavor Flav says, "don't believe the hype!"

I don't think that spell check has been removed - there are a couple of great ways to use software to make yourself appear smarter than you are.My favorite is Grammarly - it checks your spelling and capitalization/punctuation.

One of my favorite cities in the USA :) Congrats on keeping and renting out your SFR in Boulder with positive cash flow.