I am also "dipping my toes in" the real estate invest pool locally. 

They also cover pool, trash, sewer, snow removal, and landscaping.

It looks like I would be a good option for saving the FHA for further down the line and not being confined to the smaller pool of areas where there is no income limits.As for locations - I've been looking in Centennial, Englewood, Arvada, Berkeley for the time being.

I think the coming generation will implement and figure out cost saving ways to keep buildings in good shape with an ever decreasing construction pool of workers.Many in construction are attempting to introduce construction jobs to more young people but they fail to realize the product is the issue and not the marketing.We have to implement technology.

Time for a warm sunny vacation? 

Larger box spaces tend to take longer to lease out as bigger companies are slower to move and rent is typically higher compared to a larger pool of smaller tenants going for the regular type spaces.National tenants tend to want brand new buildings with higher ceilings for storage and shipping.

There certainly are other low barrier markets that have a healthy pool of tenants to choose from.

The appraiser, instead of counting the second stories square footage, included it as an extra, such as what you would do for a casita or a pool and adjust like 15k.   

I was well aware that water would pool in spots after heavy rains and even told my tenant to be cautious of it and let me know if it became a bigger problem, and it did.

But the numbers made sense and we really felt if we did some great work (and add our first pool ever), we'd get what we need to make a profit and have a great portfolio property going forward.As many of you know, I've had a VERY stressful project over in the Jefferson Park HPOZ neighborhood, so this kept us busy while that one has been on hold.