I’m not an expert on the lending/title side but have a pretty good grasp of my situation after speaking to my lender again.

I feel like with the information I've found so far, and the resources I'll continue to use on this site, I've got a good grasp of what I need to start doing, although I know I have a ton to learn and don't know what I don't know yet.I guess the only questions I would ask any of you in Denver is, is it really tough to find a good buy for a newbie like me?  

If you have any suggestions for a good way to invest income in the meantime or a good paying side job I can do on weekends that would be well appreciated but otherwise you really helped me get a more realistic grasp on what would be my money well spent.Thank you 

You kept the best interest of all parties in mind and I think that is very important especially if you want to have a real grasp of why what is happening, is happening.

I fully grasp the concept now.

I personally invest locally and operate a property management company here, so I like to think I have a pretty good grasp on the area.

Look at your list of priorities.Now comes the easy/hard to grasp part. 

You've got to actually know the product you're buying if you're going to successfully pry houses away from the clutches of the dead and their even more grasping adult children.Now I know at least 80% of the people reading this think they're going to get into real estate as some kind of investment strategy or magical get-rich-quick endeavor and never get their hands dirty in the ways I'm describing.

Understanding the legal parameters and grasping the big-picture pros and cons to each approach.

What it really boiled down to for me was that I was attracted to the problems that existed that the field of science could address.What ended up bringing me to real estate was discovering that the problems that could be addressed in real estate were both within my grasp to address on whatever scale I desired, such that I could create a real estate business whose scale in problem solving could grow as my ability to solve those problems grew.