I can tell you that they are not where there are at today because their investors aren't making money on their deals. 

Denver (and Colorado) is a destination for people with money.

My last deal was my first off market deal and when I contacted the sellers wife about the deposits she said that that was a given as part of a multi family sale and they’d write me a check at the closing as I requested because money was tight and I didn’t want a credit where I’d have to come up with the funds out of pocket later.

Co-living I like a bit more because you have less money needed for furnishing a property and CO laws allow it in the major cities unlike STRs.

You probably have a lot of friends or relatives with money to invest and an interest in real estate, but they have no clue what to do.

hard money How did you add value to the deal?

But finding a virtual employee who you know knows what they’re doing, won’t “half-*** it”  and yet won’t run off with your money might be harder than it sounds.

To answer your question directly OP, to sell a deal and make money. 

But Focal is making more money than my kmart headphones.I would like to go into real estate on a focal level.So the question is: which niche market has the highest returns in real estate?

Overthinking doesn’t make you money.