For instance, my area (Denver, CO) scores badly on a lot of "liveability" indexes in the weather area because the high temps are so high and the low temps are so low.

Title co handling the sale should be able to pick up your deed in their title search and then insure title to the new buyer. 

Most of the people are co-works or friends that have like minded mind frames in terms of  investing and entrepreneurship. 

From what everyone is posting it seems to be a great solution for a small to mid-size investor with somewhere in the range of 10-100 properties.

Smaller safety items  (fire doors, hardwired smoke/co detectors) can often be forced at any time in a lot of cases.

Matt, I spoke with a company yesterday that said they do engineering in-house, and part of their package is coordinating with the customer's local building codes for the MEP, roofing, structural foundation, etc. and obtaining a (Colorado) engineering stamp.

I agree with other comments above that $10k is not enough to invest in a buy and hold property yet, but you might want to take a look at an article I wrote about an alternative where I invest in portfolios of 10 SFR at a time, that are co-owned by the managers who are local to the properties in the midwest.  

For example; your landscapers to a $501.00 project, the company is an LLC landscape Co.  

Not sure if your parents can co-sign or gift you a down payment, 3.5% on an FHA for owner occupant.  

(Real estate attorney, CPA, realtor, title co??)