The priorities you listed are essentially the same as mine especially since I’ve never lived in CO.

As it continues to grow too, the cost won't matter as much because it'll be such a essential tool I need, plus I'll have a lot more cash flow.

. $100-200, that isn't bad because w/ interest expense and depreciation you are gonna essentially "lose" money from a P/L standpoint but be CF positive.

Essentially you need to have enough saved such that if you lost your job, you could handle all your costs (including the mortgage) for  6-12 months. 

Ideally, it is a way to essentially have no out of pocket transactional funder costs.

If I remember correctly all non essential stuff is shut down but there is still some offices open to handle stuff like bills and sec 8 and important stuff.

Are you essentially saying then to evaluate them solely on a cash basis and only take into appreciation as a "tie breaker" of sorts?

The agent told me that the neighborhood that we are looking at is zoned as R5 and multi-units and such are only allowed in R10/R15 zoned areas (which is essentially the town center and a few other small pockets).  

Placing as many elements as possible between the building and the street will create a feeling of separation, and provide distraction from that pole.This should be easy, could be done two ways... remove the concrete on either side of the entry, and fill the area with simple, zero-maintenance landscape plants.

The list price of the Home Depot (in stock) Lifeproof "Essential Oak" was $2.79 /sq. ft.