While you might find a lender offering low down payment options, you'll still need cash reserves for repairs, maintenance, emergency fund (ideally 3-6 months of expenses), etc.

Not having a payment gives you patience to select good tenants and opportunity during the tough times when others are freaking out from vacancy and racing to offer better incentives to put a body in their place.

For a CC, Amex Gold is a great option and offers great points

These companies invest for long term growth.Here's why exploring these options could be a win:Less competition: Fewer investors might mean you snag a better deal.High growth potential: Up-and-coming areas can offer excellent appreciation alongside decent cash flow.Unique opportunities: Discover niche markets with specific tenant needs, like student rentals or corporate relocation hotspots. 

We had a walkthrough which I always offer for obvious damages (ie holes in the wall.).

We're ramping up to offer seller financing in BR this year, and we buy seller finance notes in LA in some circumstances.

There are lots of hard money options (or maybe not "lots" but not too uncommon) with no appraisal required - that makes the offer equivalent to cash (closing within a couple days and no appraisal contingency - its out there)The lender still has to ok the deal, appraisal or not.

Denver and its surrounds have particularly active markets and a lot of active individuals offering ancillary services so I'd suggest you research those available services you're looking at offering to help you get an idea for what is well covered, what is lacking and what your competitor's pricing looks like.

Hi michaelI've been using orign8 at $250/month and they have a lot more to offer like lead gen, automation, missed call text back, basically an all-in-one inside sales marketer. but I don't know if it's available in your area. 

Many companies offer 300K max and above that they'd need an umbrella.