They seemed to have a good set of systems in place.Couture came in second on my list.Edited to add - I'm still very much a noob investor, being in the process of acquiring my first property as we speak.

If you could spend five minutes with my family you would see how our daughter is thriving way beyond what an industrialized state-run school system can provide.

Be aware that the MLS system for the Springs is different than the Denver Metro - if you are looking in El Paso county make sure any Realtor you use has access to Pikes Peak MLS.

@Brian Gunning, I have used webselfstorage and Easy Self Storage (Storageunitsoftware.com) and Easy self storage blows the other out of the water. 

The house was renovated a bit in 2012 (nothing too fancy), including a new roof, has window unit a/c, gas heat, and includes lake rights to a chain of lakes (although its not right on the water). 

I have a newly renovated but still vacant Duplex with new grass that will still need watering even after tenants move in for March.

If they were totally rehabbed, there could be things failing that you don't see (i.e. hot water heater, air conditioning unit, roof, etc.).

On the walkthrough, the home looked great other than some rotting siding, a couple broken windows, stained carpet and old water stains on kitchen ceiling.

Not sure where you'll be doing your research but here are things you'll likely need access to...Land records ... to determine ownership, open mortgages, other encumbrancesCourt records ... for judgments, pending litigation, BKTax records ... real property taxes are liensLocal violations, liens, water may factor as wellAnd you often don't just click a few buttons and get results... usually you have to review docs and piece things togetherGood luck.

January 1 - I checked my invoice provided by the apartment (as I did the previous 11 months) and THEY had prorated my rent and water bill to January 15 rather than for the entire month at which point It seemed clear that they agreed with me moving out "early".