He's the man on flipping houses

My intention is to house hack and eventually STR the property. 

During the Depression and up until after the War they lived 3 families in a single house until they had each saved enough to buy their own house.

It's tough to recommend without sitting down and talking to you to determine what your goals are.What I would suggest is just buying an occupied or vacant house that doesn't need reno or minor reno, then either have a realtor rent it out for you and you take over day to day management, or you can put PM in place. 

Another thing, if your cleaners bring their own vacuums, they could be transferring them from house to house. 

On a different thought (not based on any development) is imperial beach.

With as much talk about creating affordable housing in Colorado Springs, there is going to have be some discussion about how to address these rising costs in housing that are not directly related to the sales price of the home.I wish I had a better answer for you, but this is going to be an issue for HOA's in the area for years to come...

Quote from @John Laseter: Good morning all, Saturday afternoon a gentleman knocked on my door and produced a postcard that I had sent to his house offering to buy it.

Good news for those house-hacking types within the city limits of Denver.

There is not a separate entrance to the basement, but the stairs to the basement are in a laundry room in the back part of the house.