how do you know if a neighborhood has potential of going up in price?

Personally, even with interest rate uncertainty and election year hysteria, I am building a stronger and stronger conviction around the fact that I need to get a little more aggressive in acquiring more income properties.   

Building dept. for Unincorporated Arapahoe County is apparently overwhelmed and understaffed.

Pull a building permit.

I will have one apt from time to time with a Section 8 person but I would never operate a Section 8 building.

I think you will need to participate in the meetings yourself to determine if they are worthwhile for you.Go to BUILD YOUR TEAM at the top of your screen and you can search for other MEMBERS or LOCAL MEETUPS.

.- Tax Benefits: building deprecation, cost segregation, write offs etc..- Principal debt paydown: tenant paying off your loan.- Cash flow.Once the above are all added up, your true Rate Return will by far exceed your returns with stocks.Now regarding the different type of real estate, that depends on a lot of factors and mostly on your financial goals and where are you in life today.

Make your own signs if you are determined to do this.I'm not a fan of open houses for a lot of reasons, so understand their reluctance to do it, but lots of agents want to do it, so normally in our office the experienced agents don't do them, but there are lots of new agents who have been told this is a good way to build their business.   

How you build out your STR will provide the most margin of safety in the majority of markets.

If you want to go far, build a team."