The high initial ballpark ranges might also be a way to buffer against future increases in labor and material costs.  

It's not the most exciting part, but future-you will thank present-you for being prepared.

For remote investing, REPS might not be an option, but it could be useful once you’re more hands-on in the future!

So if that's your goal in the near future, you should start off by just managing it yourself.  

Driveway is crumbling in multiple location, in my opinion it would need replacement in the future.

So if I do a couple deals with either FHA or a DSCR or something more up that alley… the more likely I will be in the future to qualify for deals that are more structured with OPM/private money/hard money? 

With an end to the construction on 36 in sight, maybe it'll get better on the north end (stop laughing, fellow Denverites), but the south has been a mess for the 10 years I've been here... was probably a mess well before that, and will continue to be a mess well into the future.

But it really depends on your goals and future plans.

That's the easiest, least expensive way to get started and investing in that way in your local market will have a much greater impact on your financial future than buying a cheap house in the midwest- those "cheap" houses tend to be very expensive. 

I charged them 1 day late rent fee and asked them to make sure any new accounts are verified prior to the 1st in the future.