I'm starting a real estate bookkeeping company with my wife who is a CPA and has been accountant for 10 years. We are going to charge more than outsourcing overseas but less than a typical US based co.What demand is o...

To find out what the rents are and how many available simply look at the classified for rentals, OR call a realtor or PM co in the area, see simple :) Your other questions are 100% irrelevant, (STOP READING BOOKS I suspect this is what they are telling you to learn) you are not going to learn about the area sitting on your computer.

In the state of Colorado to start this business, do you know if you need to be a broker or something for X amount of years before starting? 

Or, you can just invest the money that you would be putting into the maximum funded insurance policy and then borrowing against directly into real estate and avoid paying the large cumulative fees charged to pay for sales, marketing, administration, overhead, asset management, and profit to the insurance co.  

Hi all - purchased first property this year as a second home loan short term rental in CO.

I've recently been looking into Co-Living which is essentially renting by the room (in a more organized and structured way).

Is a  non occupant  co borrower  ( like a  relative/ parent ) an option ?

Look at vacation rentals- smokie mountains, Colorado, Florida - go 25%Single family near big University-25%Executive rental property-25%Land lord lower income - development with government credits-25%

I used one in Denver, CO. in 2002 and they helped me wholesale 3 deals and complete my first fix/flip.  

If you're currently an airbnb host/co host or own any STR/MTRs, I'd love to offer a helping hand 2-3x a week and possibly every other weekend - lets talk what works best for you.