I live and work out of our Denver office, but travel frequently and have lots of family on the south shore. 

I know it's not the answer you are looking for but this will save you from spending a ton of money on travels and a property. 

We drive to the rental property, so our travel expenses our minimal.

@Miguel Vargas If you check on the property appraiser website for the county it should be able to give you the zoning and land usage for the lot.

good advice if you don't travel often or want to free up your time to focus on other business ventures. if you want to promote yourself out of the mailroom, then look at local STR management companies. 

Would you mind traveling there?

I plan to start doing that although it will require some travel for me.

You could review their usage annually to determine the monthly bill amount going forward.

I've finally seem to found my niche in short term housing for traveling medical professionals.

I am an artist, photographer and traveler, born in WA raised in FL, traveled to 13 countries competing in a sport called Flowboarding and landed in Ogden, UT 2 years ago because of my sport.I've decided to stay in one spot for a while and I'm looking for my first home in Salt Lake City to house hack!