If you have a personal residence, with such a mountain of equity, don't sell it as a personal residency because YOU DONT HAVE TO.

Would love to see the atmosphere of the college town and what surrounds it. 

You're close to the mountains and hiking, there's 300 days of sun, the beer's great, the parks are big and plentiful, tons of restaurants and bars (for when Covid stops ravaging us), and since you're coming from the Bay Area, you'll be one of the few to think our home prices are a bargain ... ;)And there are some decent house-hacking opportunities in the Denver metro area.

We own in the smoky mountains of Tennessee.

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If I was your tenant I would also expect to be released out of the lease and unwilling to blackout the windows creating a cave like atmosphere or turn off my electronics however them refusing the portable ac's is odd.

I would recommend looking at properties that have sweeping mountain views or has river access.

I got in a bad mountain biking accident.

This is NOT the Midwest, we are NOT built atop Granite or Mountain basin(s).  

I'm saying this to inspire because you have to climb the mountain and it's a long journey.