@Steven TrangI'm traveling to the Midwest in a couple weeks to take a look at a few markets in person.

Preferably newer homes (less than 15 years old).  5)  Hire a property manager (although the homes are local) ~ so I can manage her/him managing my prop's.6)  Hold $600,000 in cash for 2 years worth of expenses (emergency fund) ~ if indeed, I somehow spent $300k per year.7)  Travel, do some hobby stuff, grill out and drink beer, and spend time with the fam.

Do any of these groups use the Meet-up format, record session topics for those unable to travel to meeting sites, by using YouTube, Ustream or Skype like technology?

I will be super busy with work and travel while I am living in Denver, could I hire a property manager from the beginning for even when I'm living in the duplex?  

For a landlord who self manages, what happens when you are out of town for vacation or travel for work, or whatever? 

I fully agree with Michael McGee: Sell your interest in the property as fast as possible to your new partner who paid the back taxes and redeemed the property - unless so much lot of value in the property and profit to be made by staying in the deal and putting up with the many problems of finding and negotiating with all of the other 13 heirs to buy their interests out at bargain prices that is a really smoking hot deal! 

I've travelled many times to Colombia (La Sabana) when I was living in Ecuador.

I was traveling with a potential partner.

Very lucrative business in luxury vacation rentals. 43 million is the number of rental units in the United States alone $85 billion is the value of the vacation rental industry.92% of travelers want the option to book rentals online. 53% of travelers with income > than $125,000 prefer vacation homes to traditional hotels.

I didn't smoke so he just counted it as a break.