I want to use knowledge gained in industries like real estate brokerages and property management to then effectively and intelligently purchase my first deal.

., usually highly successful in their own lane, intelligent and competitive with an ego to match) thinks they're too smart to need an agent and ends up worse off than if they had a GOOD agent.

One option would be take title in a trust then when you bring the new tenant buyer in you sell them beneficial interest in the land trust ...or you could do a lease option with them for 12 months with 5% down and just reduce the price as a artificial rent credit each renewal as joe teaches or setup a land contract with them and get a 10% down .

It is a bad investment when the only way it is positive is through cash injection to produce artificial positive cash flow.

Analyze, use intelligence!

However each situation is different therefore it is best to have an intelligent conversation based upon entry and exit strategy.

I'm looking to learn as much as I can from intelligent people in this industry.

Retirement is for people that hate their jobs and have this artificial date 30 years from now that they can leave the job they hate. 

Would you, assuming you are a rational intelligent person, take $150 less now for an 80% chance of an additional $5,000 net paycheck in the future? 

I heard at a ULI event that CO has an artificially inflated SFR market due to a lack of supply in the first time buyer ($200K-$300K ) space, additional supply would typically be achieved through condo development.