@david ribardo is a real estate agent in the allentown area.David, do you have a moment to educate @Chrisitan Lopez on the allentown market?

Since you're looking at Denver, I'd suggest the Denver Real Estate Investing Podcast by @Chris Lopez.

Welcome @Esperita Lopez! 

While none of this is necessarily cause for celebration, the fact that the refinance freed up my VA loan is.

Short-Term Residential Rental – CDC Sections 1-104.B & 3-919• While Clearwater benefits, encourages and celebrates tourism, the city’s Code Compliance Division reminds residential property owners that the city enforces its shortterm rental ordinance.

Even a few percent for houses and a new April Price record isn’t even good enough to celebrate. 

Alex Lopez with Verge here in Charlotte is a rockstar and has helped me on nearly all of my on-market deals

Thanks @Matthew Lopez  I will check out those reads.  

@John Ho I would walk away with a BIG smile on my face and then celebrate cause i walked away from huge risk. 1) Given Houston impact for O&G, we should not expect much of appreciation for next 1-2 yrs 2) We save when we buy  and at market price that will not happen unless we believe appreciation will kick in immediately 3) You are putting 20%+ down which should qualify for investment loan (typically 25%) from land from banks etc where rate is around 4.5% now .

Chris Lopez has a great Denver-based REI podcast and focuses a lot on condos as a way to get started in the Denver area.