I didn't really rehab them much but was thinking the hot market pushed the process up enough.

Think it pushed the door off the track.  

From there my VA follows up.It is still a hassel but I basically don't reply to specific questions, I push them to the VA.

Although we are seeing some push from tenant organizations in Madison and some extent also in Milwaukee, we are generally considered one of the most landlord-friendly States in the US. 

I would encourage you to seek counsel, New Western has a reputation for this type of behavior and a track record of pushing misrepresented deals to novice buyers. 

Maybe the reality is that Denver will push families out to other communities or maybe it already happened. 

Natural market cycles are a good thing because it washes out the low performers- seems like this is what is happening?

At our company we saw interest rates drop .5% this week as our rates are based on the 5 year treasury, which was pushed down to 3.6% this week. 

Don’t know if there is a way to push water payment to tenants is this a good deal ?

I understand this isn't exactly what you were pushing for.