@Mitchell Catoe, DSCR loans are great rental property loans as they only focus on your credit score, down payment and DSCR ratio- more on that below. 

If you’re not paying cash for properties, get pre-approved for an investor loan to understand your available credit.Time FrameThe shorter your timeline to achieve your goal, the more upfront capital and credit you’ll need.End GoalMost investing goals focus on replacing their current income, like $5,000/Mo.

Focus on properties that align with your criteria—whether it's cash flow, equity potential, or location—and stay consistent, even when setbacks occur.

Then you can focus on analyzing a bunch of deals in your specific neighborhoods and start to learn what makes a good deal and what deals you don’t want to do.

Additionally:Is there a specific state where it makes more sense to establish the holding company (now that anonymity in states like WY or DE isn’t the focus)?

Your photos must look amazing, just focus on the amenities and rooms that look the best.

This was my first property, and while it's been a great learning experience, I made several mistakes along the way—ranging from choosing a realtor who was more focused on closing the deal than finding the right house, to having a poor inspection and overlooking issues hidden beneath the surface (literally).

Locals know it but OOS investors dont.And why is that.. which is the focus of the OP post..

So after being laid off a few times in the last 8 years I decided to get back into investing but this time focusing on buy and hold multi family real estate so that I could built wealth that could help me retire my wife who just had a long battle with cancer and survived , but is now back to work, and I want to give her a relaxing life free of all the stress of the world (by the way did I mention she is also in the mortgage lending field) so that explains the urgency to retire her from w-2 work ! 

Focus on the human aspect as well as the legal side.Have you tried connecting with local landlord associations or zoning consultants in Denver?