If your wife and kids aren't moving in with you, then it's not your primary.

Old properties aren't a bad thing as long as you account for the big four- HVAC, foundation, roof and sewer.

@Tony SchmuckerYou've done great narrowing it down, but focus on cities you and your spouse would enjoy living in—numbers aren't everything.

Most aren't assumable, but some are, so worth a check. 

We aren't perfect...who is?

And Woodland Park is not known as a big liberal city.Numbers sideAnd then there are the numbers, which just aren't as good as they were.-- The influx of STR supply has certainly brought down Airbnb revenues the last few years for everyone.

Appraisers aren't giving dollar for dollar value for ADUs.

So, the rulings aren't necessarily as consistent as you would hope. 2.

If you go RBTR, here are a few key criteria I've seen to assure comfort of living and lower vacancy / turnover:- at least 400sqft per tenant and no more than 2 tenants to 1 full bath -excess parking where folks aren't blocking each other in and you're not getting complaints from your neighbors about overtaking the street parking.

If they just represent first time single family home buyers and aren’t constantly finding off market properties and reviewing deals, you’ll find a better investment through someone else. https://www.kiavi.com/blog/out-of-state-real-estate-investinghttps://learn.roofstock.com/blog/out-of-state-real-estate-investing