There will always be people with money who want a second home in Colorado who are fine as long as their mortgage is covered.

However, before you do so you should ensure that your revenue from rental income covers ALL your property expenses in the townhome, including mortgage, taxes, insurance, maintenance/repairs, vacancy, property management, etc...

Snow plowing is an emergency service , we are on call 24/7 for the entire winter , the prices you pay cover the salt that we stock , the prep for each storm , the desalting of the trucks , the overtime .

I generally see literature as such, and cannot tell if having a part time employee removes the chance of solo 401k or if the custodians just don't want to deal with it:"IRS rules prohibit contributions to a solo 401(k) if you have full-time employees, but you can use the plan to cover yourself and your spouse into retirement."

Additionally, we have authored over two hundred blog posts on our website, covering a wide range of topics, many of which focus specifically on investing in Redding, CA.

We don’t know any PMCs to recommend in the area mentioned, but since selecting the wrong PMC is usually more harmful than selecting a bad tenant, you might want to read our series about “How to Screen a PMC Better than a Tenant”:https://www.biggerpockets.com/member-blogs/3094/91877-how-to-screen-a-pmc-better-than-a-tenant-part-1-services-and-processesWe recommend you get management contracts from several PMCs and compare the services they cover and, more importantly, what they each DO NOT cover.

You have suppliers (roofstock), employees (property manager), and customers (your tenants).

Hey Sean, Thanks so much every day is a day closer to it happening while covering the investment as much as i can. 

Great to meet you.We source from four primary suppliers: Lowe's, Home Depot, Floor & Decor, and Amazon.

His "buyers" - who could not qualify for a loan because, presumably, they could not convince the bank they made enough to cover PITI payments - inevitably defaulted, and after a few months he would evict and start all over.