As you have no rental history, and guessing your friends don't either, they may require a guarantor on the lease-so a parent (or parents) to co-sign.

Two high-salaried W2 employees filed a tax return with $0 income, attaching this creative argument:"I am a private-sector worker, not an “employee” as defined in IRC 3401(c) and IRC 3121.

His problem is that he doesn't have good credit or the cash to get into it alone just the skills and workers in his company.

We checked in later with them, and the insurance company ended up paying for the hotel until the new house was ready a few weeks later.We would definitely do business w/insurance co again.

Would you recommend looking at a different market (in CO or elsewhere) that may be less 'hot' and expensive?

If we have conservatives running the country, you can count on renting STRs to travelling workers in energy producing areas. 

Might be a dumb question but is a co-op community also an option as well? 

Can you talk to friends and co-works and raise funds for the purchase?

For example, right now most states are looking for poll workers and it's a paid position. 

What is the role that you find the most difficult to find good workers?