Not as many unpleasant surprises as I'd expected, and even some pleasant ones.One area where I've still got some holes is finding guys to do the work I'm not doing myself.

They make $ on you buying, and they are trying to gloss over the last market crash.  

@DeWitt Gibson The S&P 500 us up 100% from the pandemic crash.

Also with the average price in Denver being way up and the economy a concern for many I'm curious to see if people will hold out longer hoping for a "crash".

You didn't crash the Internet.

Actually, many/most of them have said they are going to wait for “the crash” since “we’re in a bubble”.

During the 2008 market crash, my business suffered as we specialized in REO listings and we decided to close down.

But that is the very reason that I try to, best I can, keep a detached demeanor with them because I never want a tenant to think that our primary relationship is anything more than landlord-tenant (or lessor-lessee, from the other thread, or my favorite "God of Thunder, Overseer-serf" ;)  ) in case it goes somewhere that requires unpleasantness.

This will be a long-term hold-and-rent property for us, so I'm less worried about a market crash / correction and more concerned about overpaying for our first property.Thank you and look forward to connecting!

Water management is another huge issue - wells, septics, sump pumps - didn't really know anything about these, but have gotten an expensive crash course!