When someone with 100 total posts has 96 of them all saying Hi, welcome to BiggerPockets, it's just weird.Yeah, when 96 out of 100 posts are "Hi welcome to BiggerPockets" then you're probably a bot and if not, might as well be.  

One thing to watch out for... it is a tax, but not an income tax (so it applies to Roth accounts as well). 

As a new real estate agent in Northern Virginia, I'm trying to make these connections, but my immediate thoughts and attemps just involve messaging these business and informing them I'm an agent and that if the respective family is in need of a realtor I'd be happy to work w/ them, but every time I do that, the response I get is "we already have a realtor" or "house was already sold or listed"........and a lot of times I am refresh to the post, so obviously I want to be "there" sooner so I can get the seller listing lead.

Chipping paint on exterior is going to be be your downfall.

Your experience with project management and relationship building will be invaluable in real estate, whether you’re interested in development, investing, or property management.Your entrepreneurial mindset and eagerness to learn are excellent foundations for diving into real estate.

There are a lot of Denver investors who should be able to weigh in directly here.

Lots of crime over there, I'd say best bet would be 1 occupied and 1 vacant.

So if you can collect rents into your business either by deeding the properties to your LLC (be careful of the due on sale clause on your mortgages) or by signing a master lease between you and your LLC and having the LLC sublet then that may help.

A duplex or triplex could be a solid first step.Get Legal AdviceTalk to a trusted attorney before agreeing to anything like a trust.

Even then, if you've built up enough carry-forward losses, a nice capital gain may not trigger any taxes to be paid.