it makes sense, it's long time process. i will keep looking. 

I don't think the sheriff will do anything without an eviction having been processed which it doesn't sound like is necessary here.As for the cameras, I think Ring is probably your best bet.

That book led me to The Book on Flipping Houses by J Scott, and I am now in the process of reading The Art of the Slow Flip by Scott Jelinek.

On the issue of Airbnb laws in Colorado ...In every instance where a Colorado city or county had a permitting process for investment short-term rentals and then changed and passed an ordinance prohibiting non-owner occupied STRs, the existing STR permit-holders were grandfathered in. 

A VIP is where the seller controls and takes responsibility with the entire process of finding, acquiring, financing, renovating, marketing, selling and managing the property for the buyerWhat ya stink?

I have questions regarding the DSCR loan process and the associated closing cost.

That said, if the property is of serious interest to you, to the point of potentially writing a LOI, it's worth your time and work with a local commercial broker to walk you through the process.

This leaves friends/relatives wanting to help you out (emotional based investing) or people unsophisticated and naive (likely disciples of a currently heavily promoted guru).When I, or any other investors (with significant capital) I know of invest, either equity or debt), we only consider deals where (1) the “sponsor”, or borrower have a significant investment of their own capital, unless they’ve owned the property many years.  

How difficult is the process to land a government tenant after the necessary paperwork is filled out.

I also really enjoy the process of taking something old or rundown, and making it new again, I just love seeing the results even if it's just a fresh coat of paint.