Also, how do they treat their current tenants, are their fees and processes reasonable, if they are not then tenants will not want to stay in your property purely because they don't want to deal with your PM company and your vacancy will increase.9.

The 100% appreciation was pure luck. 

I likely cannot find anyone with a home to move in and feel I will need to provide homes and either do owner held finance or pure rental on the homes.

Many folks who are more of a pure RE investor will not know there is a legal difference between a 'fund' and a 'syndication'. 

Hi Charlotte, I would strongly advise never picking up rent in person for personal safety, saving time, and purely as principle.

Is it purely networking and knowledge-building that will gain me their trust?

@Nancy Bachety Side B will just about cover the mortgage and A will be pure cash flow.

You mentioned Thornton and Broomfield but I'd stay in Boulder County if you can: safer appreciation play and closer to school so you can keep quality roommates and enjoy your time at school/commute less. 1% rule isn't a metric that should be a major factor in your situation in my opinion seeing as you need a place to live while you're here anyway, so you're talking about offsetting your living costs and taking advantage of a market with consistent significant appreciation. 1% rule is generally applied to pure investment properties, while you're talking about a house-hack.

The deal itself was solid, but the business partner has been a pure headache. 

You've found a way to do that at a lower cost than you would otherwise, while building equity, and hopefully some appreciation.Here's the flip side: as a pure investment property, this is not a good deal.