I will say though prices seemed healthy and didn't make sense to me (seemed like lot of work for tiny return).

Previously, my method has been to purchase homes and hold/rent with healthy cash flow.

Personally, I love when my clients double check the returns.It sounds like you have a healthy amount of tax info and filings.

We occupied it as a primary residence two out of the past five years.We can command strong rents and have a very healthy tenant pool.Some numbers: Based on the comps, I believe we could sell for north of 200k (let's say 210k for the sake of math)We purchased the property for 130k and currently owe 117kThe mortgage, all in (PMI included) is about $970The rent is currently $1625/month (now on month to month)Our strategy is really buy and hold.

BP because it's an awesome place to learn more information about a subject that has a lot of facets and Denver because the weather is amazing, the food/art scene is pretty great and there's a lot of healthy/cool people that live here.

Check out:https://livebaltimore.com/financial-incentives/http://mmp.maryland.gov/Pages/default.aspxDepending on where the property is, there is the Healthy Neighborhood program.

We can offer a healthy deal-flow - 10-20 properties a year. 

Generally, hard money lenders are going to require you to fund a healthy portion of the deal. 

we are a family of 5 (2 adults, 3 children) all healthy.

Assuming it's not one on going nightmare and I like the work the way I imagine I might, I have another financial event in 4 years that will leave me with a healthy chunk of of capital to make a bigger move.