I'm 2 miles from 2 hospitals (one is Swedish and I've heard that they get a fair amount of travelers) and within walking distance to Denver University.

I would love to get a property in the NW DC that is run down, add additional floors and then make it an apartment building.

Tenant gets their deposit back when their lease is officially/legally over.

Contact the utility provider and get a historical average based on the last year of use.

I put a lot of money into my property to make them nice. 

I wanted to help them out and minimize their loss and saw an opportunity to get a property slightly below market because of my commission savings, immediate mortgage and maintenance relief, in addition to keeping a lower short term interest rate How did you find this deal and how did you negotiate it?

If you don’t want to spend money I’m pretty sure you could get someone to grade the surrounding dirt and add some gutters for your $5k discount and gain you will have added value and come out ahead.

If you just have one rental you can probably get by with generic tax filing software.

I feel as-is, I can get around $120k after cleanup and some minor repairs.

New builds, new developments, plenty of rentals within driving distance of the city center, and there are still plenty of areas where a good eye for a rehab job will get you a good ROI.