Consider using some of your funds to enroll in courses, attend workshops, or hire a mentor.

Are you attending any networking events in person?

The bank sells the property usually to investors and you have to attend the auction to get the property.

They said that they get permits as each city requires and that there are too many cities to keep current with every city in the Denver suburbs every year.

I want to start attending foreclosure auctions to get a feel for how they operate before actually doing any bidding.

Plus, if you have to say it, well …As a bit of due diligence, I did a Google search on your name in Denver, CO, @Nate Marshall.

As an example, Walt Disney World park reached record attendance and profit from 2008-2011, at the bottom of the recession.

I always direct local investors to attend local REI meetings.

What I will advice is to have your broker attend the inspections and making sure the buyers understand that every house has a laundry of issues and the home inspectors are just looking for what's unsafe and not for every little thing to be fixed or create issues.Good luck to you and make sure you find a broker that is empathetic and a great communicator.

@Andrea Evans - Chicago is truly block by block, yet also has a population the size of Boston, Denver, Milwaukee and Nashville combined.