I don't have my finger on the pulse in Boulder like @Frank O'Mahony .

With all of this information at my finger tips it would be difficult not to take action! 

@Tim Hertz Congrats on your Duplex, that seems to be the common theme for Newbies.Your are correct, minimize risk by purchasing right and for me keeping emotions out of itThank you Tim.I have another offer I just put in on SFR, this one requires no rehab, essential a turnkey (not by real estate definition) I offered CASH (they say cash is king)Crossing my fingers Take care Brother 

If that's the case, I'll go for it, but I want to make sure I'm adequately covered and don't get the finger if I ever need to make a claim.Yes, having to have flood and rising water in addition to renter's insurance is pretty lame.  

Once I get enough for a downpayment to get the owner financing out of the way, refinance again, crossing my fingers the rates are still good!!!!

It wipes away relatively easy with a finger.

That could really screw you on your resale of the property and when you resell the property I can almost guarantee you the standard buyer will go through escrow/title company and then you just cross your fingers that everything turns up clean.

So if they want repeat business, they need to get the PM business right - finger pointing at an outside entity doesn't work.

All of the walls are brand new so they have no dings...yet lol fingers crossed. 

At this juncture it can be easy to point fingers at other parties and lay the blame there as people do not want to face their own possible short falls and areas that might need improvement.