You are not kidding about the price of real estate in Aspen. !

Often with probate where mom and dad leaves house to 3 kids equally. 

I disagree as the attic would make a perfect bedroom, even though it cant officially be called a bedroom, for a kid and I took all the steps to make sure that there would be no water issues in the basement (Dug drainage along house, added "pond liner" and waterproofing tar along exterior of basement walls).

And I noticed that many of the unfurnished units were offered with a month to month lease... the kids would get cheap furniture that they didn't care about tearing up and giving away when they were done.

I know one guy who hates brokers and will never use one  because his mother had a romantic affair with a broker and it broke up his family when he was a kid.    

From helping a widowed mother get a fresh start for her and her kids, to the MILLIONS of dollars in assistance we acquired for residents to stay current during covid...

Anything under B-Class it sounds like you're going to be way uncomfortable raising your kids there.

Not everyone can just pack up and leave to a different state: people have jobs, families, etc. and many want to stay in the same school district for their kids.

It’s harder once you have kids in school.

I went section 8 because I felt I was getting slightly more than market rents (for quality of home), and it would more than offset my annual inspection repair list that is mandatory.EVERY tenant I ever had apply for my rentals was a single mother with 2-3 kids.