As a Ny'er We chose to invest completely OOS as Ny landlord tenant laws are not the best if you are considering holding long term. 

Denver is very expensive for a new guy who doesn't have loads of capital so a market like Missouri for example is intriguing for far cheaper real estate but then Id either have to move, improve the property remotely or simply buy and hold as a rental for X time. 

The management companies & local investors usually lease places up within 1-2 weeks max (depending on if you want to hold out of higher rents) How would you think about leasing these out? 

Remember this is a marathon......That said are you planning to flip, hold(short or long term?)

I want to be a investor buying and holding as well as fix an flips.

You get to hold the properties though.

Idaho says, “hold my beer.”You go Idaho!

So even on our small Denver condo, worth $300k right now, if we hold that for 15 years, that thing should be worth $535k.

He's the guy who shared my interested and connected us, he wouldn't recommend him as a seller if he had bad experiences with his other properties.I did ask about other properties and he shared about a duplex for $200k, but I wouldn't be able to afford the down payment needed.He acknowledged the rent is low compared to the market and never mentioned that it's his "best" property.1) Agree, but if he's been a good tenant is that necessarily a problem?

The other 10% are scammers, or have mental issues, or have perpetual money problems, or are career criminals, or psychopaths, or have massive entitlement issues, lack anger management, or are spousal abusers, or can’t hold a job, or don’t want to work, etc.