It was built in 1990, recently renovated, and I've had excellent luck with this same style of house for renting.We know the HVAC is on its last leg, but everything else *appears* to be pretty solid. 

I'm in Broomfield and am slowly looking into a property manager down the road, but with my tail between my legs.

The best thing to do is to partner up with someone that has money and you can earn your share by finding the deal and doing the leg work.

That's a unique option you may have, a leg up.

I look at real estate as a four-legged stool with financing, education, construction, & sales as being the four legs of supportive knowledge.

You can be very upfront that you are a noobie learning the business but are studying and willing to put in the leg work. 

I’m wondering if you guys think this is worth getting a real estate lawyer involved in or if I have a leg to stand on. 

I think that's the only way I could conceivably do this (for the time being) but glad to know it's possible if you do some leg work. 

Could you install a stair chair?

You've definitely got a leg up in this industry if you have family that is in the construction industry and have flip experience.