Regulations are both the best and worst part of investing in CO - best because they are confusing, which gets rid of large Wall Street investors and keeps competition lower and profits higher.

I have worked with many experienced investors from Southern California, Las Vegas, Phoenix, Tucson, Denver, and other large metro areas in the southwest and west coast, with seasoned investors that still live in all of those great cities but have shifted most of their real estate investments out of those higher cost or higher risk markets into ours. 1) Compared to most cities in the SW and West, home prices in the Albuquerque metro are relatively affordable.

Are properties such as this more appealing to buyers with renters already on leases or will I get more interest and a higher sales price if I sell the property vacant?  

If I were to purchase (at a higher price) then the taxes I pay would be very different from their taxes.

If you’re looking for speed, flexibility, and a customized solution for your investment, private money lending is a great choice, even if the interest rate is higher.

Could be your housekeeper.I've found that condos that employ an on-site agent who lives at the complex typically have higher dues because it is not cost effective to do so.

Sales comparables which would be higher in the past due to lower interest rates earlier., C.  

You may not want your heloc tapped that long as the rate is generally higher on a heloc than it is on fixed mortgage rates. 

Do you want to be in a growth play which has higher risk and higher upside?

My prices are a bit higher than market value.