The city has been doing extremely well and it hasn't quite gone mainstream with most investors yet.Happy to share some resources and learnings on the market there if you'd like.

You are in a deep **** if they declare tenancy and eviction can be extremely painful.

This is located in a tourist lake/ski town with extremely high demand for lodging.  

If you purchase a rent ready RE investment this could be 0%, but at the opposite extreme a good brrrr can produce the now elusive infinite return (I have achieved this on most of my RE investments but believe it is very challenging in the current market to bp not be cash negative after the refi to extract the added value.I expect to make an offer this week.  

For instance, someone making $500k a year and living in a very highly appreciating market might be extremely happy on a deal that loses $200 a month but is getting 5% appreciation on a 2 million dollar property in San Diego, butut that doesn't make sense for the investor with 30k and a lower paying job.When it comes to the book series I agree with you that the order doesn't make sense (having read both).

If I did set out to invest in the local area, I would scrutinize the numbers like crazy and be extremely conservative with my estimates.

There are only 3 reviews on their website which are all extremely generic and I think aren't real.  

Of course, always check recent reviews.. they tell you more than a flashy website.Size Matters: I’d avoid both extremes... massive firms managing thousands of units and one-person operations juggling too much.

Extremely helpful advice. 

It has a free version and in the event you'd like to upgrade once you obtain more properties, the monthly cost is extremely reasonable.