Fun stuff.Did you work with any real estate professionals (agents, lenders, etc.) that you'd recommend to others?

Here are some examples: (1) one of my clients buys 25 - 30 properties a month, he would never pay attention to a ranking on markets because he knows the towns he buys in, which has helped make him very successful (he's worth $20 - $25M USD), (2) my partner did some preliminary work for a hedge fun, they were looking to drop tens of millions of dollars - for them market trends mattered a lot because of the amount of capital they were deploying and the time horizon of the investments  I realize that I am not answering your question, but I hope that the above is useful as a frame work.

Good luck and have fun!

Sounds like you are having lots of fun and making some money.About me.

Evaluating other markets, though, I would not personally look at CO and Nevada, but would rather want to participate in the healthy appreciation of my home state, or get some geographic "plus points" of milder winters (CO) and strong economies (NV).Be well, and have fun!

Don't stress; Have fun.

This is always a rough situation and never fun.

You can get great returns and have some fun in RE. 

@Sean Thompson Where is the fun in bypassing all the bumps and bruises of learning? 

It was a very fun project.