As far as landlord-friendly, I'm a landlord and I haven't come across anything unusual about Colorado that would make it particularly challenging to be a landlord.

Granted this is an unusual market, especially with the added impact of the Camp Fire, but the cost is what people are paying, insured or not. 

In case you were uncertain about how weird Massachusetts law can be, our licensing classes and CE courses specifically state that using the term "walking distance" or "a short walk" discriminates against people without legs.You CAN say 1/10th mile to the beach as that's an objective fact. 

No, this is not an unusual or unique opportunity, you just need to know what you're doing - like with any area of real estate investing - and you MUST know your real numbers.Good luck to you!

There is nothing you can put in your spreadsheet to account for that in any reasonably accurate way.There's a reason the locals aren't all over this deal, unless you are unusually lucky.

You can as long as the contract does not specifically disallow it,  but it would be unusual for there to be enough meat on the bone in today's market for three levels of investors.

It's pretty unusual for wealthy people to say "Hey pal, teach my son to do something, here's a cool million, if you make money we'll give you another million next year and each year thereafter, have fun!"

It's not unusual for an owner to refuse to release financials until an offer is made.

It's not unusual for tenants to keep asking for a few more days or another week.

That's very unusual for a duplex.