Aside from rehabbing experience I have some extensive online marketing experience that I would be happy to work out a trade with a knowldgeable and profitable current investor.

I'm not a landlord, not a tax professional, but my understanding is that:- If you're a professional landlord, income is considered earned income;- If you're not a professional landlord (you're renting out a room or the other side of your duplex), income is unearned income;- If you're selling a rental property, the income is considered capital gain.But again, this isn't my area of expertise...

A four bedroom 2bath within 15 miles of downtown Denver or Boulder can earn $2600/month.  

If not, there are other ways to earn a quality income (like real estate!).

I'm starting to see that I should have started here with my quest for short sale knowledge and I'm on a very broad search right now, Anson I already talked to you about the real-estate courses and saw another post of yours about online verses a class room and have decided to take the classroom route, any schools you would recommend they seem similar for the online courses.

I recently went to a leading online mortgage site and found a lender that was willing to look at my investment as an investment.

Then Ill buy another and use my disposable income from my job and my SFR earnings to pay it off (within 24 mos).

:) You can use Google maps to "drive" the area as well as local real estate listings online.

My ultimate goal is for passive income earned with these properties to cover my current living expenses (and hopefully more).

Some things like mattresses I ordered online, some items I got from the Habitat store and some from the local stores there.I semi-lived in the property during a lot of the renovation.