Those eager beavers out there, who may not be acting entirely rational in many cases, could work in your favor as a seller.

How the dam thing didn't burn out is beyond me. 

Dam Ben I'm sorry it sounds very unfair to me I had a similar situation I've had to fly out the Florida it cost me at $1000 the property look nothing like it did in the pictures what saved me mostly I was backing out anyway because it needed too much work and the appraisal sell short thank God it cost me over 1000 But in the long run saved me hundreds and a lot of headache and he took his sweet time returning the $3000 earnest deposit back but he did so I understand you're pain I'm curious to is he fell short of the 3 days or whatever's written in the contract I don't know why he got an attorney I don't know what he thinks unless he has a relative that's doing it for free

I had that once with ice damming.  

Then local water storage in reservoirs created by large, expensive dams.  

So many just read and read and sit on the internet" researching and never do a dam thing. 

Maybe the snow pack is melting or maybe the dam burst or maybe a giant alien is peeing in the river.

The realtor would show up not knowing a dam thing about the house.

Since then, we've kept in touch and she has shown us around Denver and even introduced us to another realtor in Avon / Beaver Creek area when we were considering buying a condo out there. 

Expect all the suburbs to eventually follow suit.https://www.denvergov.org/content/dam/denvergov/Portals/723/documents/STR%20Ordinance.pdfBuying a rental in the near suburbs like those mentioned and Englewood or Glendale could be a good short term strategy until the nimbys outlaw STRs in the suburbs.