This bill mandates massive and sweeping changes for Colorado real estate investors, housing providers and tenants, including requiring housing providers to offer lease renewals to tenants except in limited situations.Main points of the bill:1.

I did that and it made my profit grow, but I didn't see any other changes except I had to buy the house at a lower price. 

A agent might do some searching or set up an automated search but except in the relatively small number of deals where the agent has an inside track about a property to come available the agent isn't making a huge difference for the finding of the deal.

I have a lead who i offered a subto/seller finance option to. back story lead is getting a divorce and can get ~340k if listed. asked 300k if sold to me, everything updated within past 5 yrs except carpet and interior paint.

I was able to use creative financing strategies to get it for 640k with no money down (except for closing costs).

I see the IRS regs about rental activities being defined as passive, but I don't see anything about a lower rate.I just see that this "passive activity" distinction subjects us to "passive activity loss rules", which limit our ability to offset other types of income with net passive losses.But even that limitation is negated for us because we fall into the "active participation" exception, so we can offset our regular earned taxable income dollar-for-dollar with losses from our rental (if I understand the regs correctly).

I have requested HOA to make an exception but I am not very hopeful.

She claims that to deny her this exception would be unlawful discrimination under the Fair Housing Act.

There is a carriage house exception but that has to actually be an old carriage house for horses, and from what I understand this rarely applies.

You would need an exceptional grasp on what the 1031 will cost and the amounts you’re dealing with on the replacement and relinquished properties.- REI CPA in CA