My extensive real estate investing got a significant boost years ago when my company, now called Global Strategies Group Ltd, syndicated the old Smith-Reynolds Ranch, Summit County, Colorado which then became the Ponderosa Ranch.

I currently live in Colorado, but I grew up in Huntsville and my parents still live there.

I personally don't have out of state property just YET..but since we do real estate investing for people from California, Colorado and Ohio, I do know what to look for when we decide to invest out of state.Experience, competence, excellent management and just a flat out desire to do the job right are some things to look for.Some investors may never physically see the property, so they REALLY have to trust what the investment company and property management company do.

Study up on Colorado's RE and contract laws, to the point that I can (if necessary) draft my own D of T, WD and Note, or at least not have to pay the attorney that drafts the first one to EXPLAIN them to me.2.

If you've done any research on Blue Moon Financial based out of Denver Colorado, then that would give you some indication as to how Pinnacle perhaps should have been set up to do business from a regulatory standpoint.Regards,justanotherinvestor.

Northern Colorado, up near Boulder.

@Nick Edwards depending on where you live you can create an LLC for as little as $1 (I've seen Colorado have them on "sale").

I live in Colorado Springs and I'm investing in Pueblo.

Can anyone out here in Denver, Colorado recommend a good school to get my real estate license??

I did see people mentioning on another post that California wasn't landlord friendly and that Arizona and Colorado were better states for landlords.