I have a bit of cash saved up (about 45K), and I work at a blue-collar job as an Amazon warehouse employee (around 41K/year working 60 hours a week).I listen to at least 7 hours of BP podcasts or business books per workday at my job and am at a point where I am pretty sure I know what I am doing in regards to analyzing deals and getting to know the area I would like to invest in.

You'll definitely want to network with people before you buy a house because general contractors can be tough to come by right now.

Every time I want to go in vacation i choose the same hotel, which is not a very fancy one, but I just love employees there, the weather , the sea…I have house in Europe that I intended to rent, but I was also thinking of the possibility to sell it and buy an apartment in an all inclusive hotel in Cancun ( if possible Puerto Morello) , beach front.This would allow me to spend one month of vacation or more , and rent it the rest of the time. 

Finding an experienced mentor.... oh man that’s a tough one, I’m still learning to network and only have a few connections who have experience in real estate but I’m building those connections as well.

Colorado Springs does indeed to seem to be a tough place to start out with a true BRRRR for your first investment.

So if they're terrible, that just brings the deal down a notch as you know they will be tough to deal with and you very well may have to evict them.

List brokers will have a tough time getting the correct information, because most apartments are held in an LLC. 

These days, you will have a tough time just finding one that breaks even. 

(He's a well known Youtuber now so it may be tough to reach him.)

Tough to cash flow in the more expensive cities in CA at this point.