Buy a fourplex so you have a place to live and three rentals to cut your teeth on.

I’d recommend focusing on building connections in Denver, exploring local markets, and considering strategies like house hacking or buy-and-hold investments to help you reach your goal of becoming a millionaire by 2027.Good luck!

Unless you're in a Class A Neighborhood like Palmer Woods, Indian Village, Sherwood, etc,. the additional rent probably won't support the cost to build:(More profitable to take the build funds and buy another property.DM us if you'd like to discuss more...

Just focusing on the passive income you want to achieve will leave you chasing cash flow which will have you buying properties in worse areas with harder tenancies that seem to cash flow better, but will have large cap ex.Any time someone asks a question about where to invest and it can be anywhere, they aren't ready to invest and are opening themselves up to every pitch in the world on an area.

With that strategy, I'm not a real estate agent BUT I am also reading a book called "BUY, REHAB,RENT, REFINANCE, REPEAT.

Brandon,Check out Indiana & Ohio for states that you can buy 2-3 for that amount of liquid reserves. 

Quote from @Kody Smith: without getting too deep into my finances, what my strategy is...1. take loans to buy properties (leverage)2. fix/flip for day to day cash flow income3. use some of the fix/flip income to buy consistent cash flow through:- business acquisition, - commercial properties (MF and store fronts),I have no intention of doing ALL of the management myself, I will hire management as needed (medium term goal)my expected core role is money provider, evaluating the numbers, making decisions, and connecting with investors, wholesalers, lenders, contractors, and property owners.while I am just on step 2 of the journey, I am looking toward step 3 to stabilize, and not worry about if house prices drop mid project or not (or not worry as much) So to be fair this is more about obtaining and growing a real estate business not simply buying rentals for cashflow.

My wife and I have been buying rental properties for 20 years.

What capital do you have available now to buy or are you only looking for seller financing?

Cash on cash describes how much cash a rental property is putting in your pocket on an annual basis divided by the cash you took out of your pocket to buy it.