Today I got a certified letter stating a lien has been placed on the property by the landscaping company they hired but have not paid.

What about drive approaches, parking lots, site lights, landscape, irrigation, etc.? 

We put in two new baths, kitchen, and a nice landscaping package.

I love house-hacking for Tampa Bay for a few main reasons: 1) great long-term outlook on appreciation; fundamentally strong market and growth projections, 2) diverse opportunities of house-hacks from luxury house hacks, cheap house hacks, room by room, STR, MTR, etc. 

Denver has a lot of older properties with value-add potential—small upgrades like fresh paint, updated kitchens, or even just better landscaping can make a big difference in forcing appreciation.

This is a diverse market and I would be more than happy to help you protect your investment by buying right. 

Make sure utilities are available, and that you have tap fees included in your estimate, as well as engineering (site plan), architectural plan, and other bits you might need to consider for your market (landscaping and costs of sale, for example).

Renovated: Added granite, high end finishes and fixures, landscaping, new flooring and painting throughout.

The job market is more diverse and growing faster thanks to companies like Intel moving in, which typically means more stable property values and a broader tenant pool.

Today we are economically diverse and showing job growth in several sectors.Having said that, I am not an economist (or a fortune teller) so these are just my thoughts after having gone through the Great Recession and knowing how housing-dependent we were then.Melanie