And 6-8 months really is really short.To answer how to build up savings faster, once you have banked all of the savings you can possibly reap by lowering your expenses (especially in housing, transportation, food, healthcare, taxes) here are a few ideas:Sell stuff you don't need on Craigslist Find a gig (Uber, Lyft, Task Rabbit, Rover, etc)Get a second job (not fun... but think about it... check out Virtual Vocations, Flexjobs, Werk)Freelance (got a skill you can market on the side?

It actually is not a new company, it is a United Healthcare plan with no deductible.

Healthcare and medical facilities are catching up with the average age of people moving here rising considerably.I would love to learn about the properties you are seeing that make these long term rental numbers work as we are currently looking for a long term buy and holds but are getting squeezed on numbers in this market! 

For all the furnishing you'll do, might as well do both options since STR can yield more profit and you're not facing regulation if it is your primary.Back to your question, I honestly don't know much about travel nurse situation in CO vs other locations but what I've seen in the "leads" in Furnished Finder (my property is also 10-15 min drive from multiple hospitals) it is a mix of traveling healthcare workers, digital nomads, relocation, etc.

@Derek ElliottMetro Detroit My rental portfolio is here and performs very well and is very similar criteria to what you’re mentioning Purchase: $80k-$130kRent: $1100-$1500ROI: 10-14%Cash flow: $250-$350/doorAppreciation: Double digit (for the past 10 years, can send data)Location: C+, B- (suburbs and certain markets)We have over a dozen Fortune 500 companies just in Metro Detroit with huge Healthcare, Auto, and mortgage industry National footprints.

He does about everything with us including wills, health care proxies, POAs and when I got my first ever speeding ticket in a school zone he was my first call too haha.

I was definitely thinking of military and healthcare as my biggest potential market.

However, losing company sponsored health care at my age while raising a family is scary!

I would ask for pictures and documentation from her healthcare provider.

St Louis, NYC, DC, Kansas City, Philadelphia are just a few major cities that lie along state borders where it would be very common for people to live in different states from their healthcare providers.