I'm in Greeley and it's ok, but for a young guy I'd definitely recommend foco.

Howdy- I have properties in Loveland, FoCo, and Longmont. 

The BadAss meetup launched a meetup in FOCO.

Would love to start a Southwest Colorado REI Meetup Group as the closest groups I’m aware of are in the Denver and Northern Colorado (FoCo/Boulder) areas.

I will say that if you do have a quality product, you will never have an issue with vacancy, I have 4 properties in Boulder, and they are pre-rented year after year, and have never seen a vacancy.Denver also has quite a few Universities, and so does FoCo, but FoCo has frustrating regulations and doesn't really have the market you are looking for, and the same with Denver, it doesn't have a constrained supply.

@Shaun Armon I will be in FoCo this evening at the beginning investors roundtable meetup. 

I know loveland/foco real estate is pretty hot right now, so here's what I'd do if I were you:get a bike and stop wasting money on gas and a car if possible. loveland is pretty bikeable and it's summer.

A bit about me, aside from my profile, is that im currently putting together a marketing strategy for finding Wholesale deals in the Denver area and surrounding cities (springs, foco, Pueblo) and am currently in Las Vegas Nevada putting together some get to Colorado money!

FoCo is great for appreciation, usually in the top ten places to live in the country depending on who's making the list.

Being in FoCo you'll have some more restrictions to fight through but there are numerous ways to do it.