- Could that involve co-signing a mortgage (or something like that) with someone else who fulfills the residency requirement? 

We simply called the listing broker and told her (A) we're cash buyers, (B) we're licensed realtors, not looking to co-broke.  

If you look at the bigger picture, we are at a Top in the RE Market struggling to find Value in places like Tampa and Denver and California.

I gave my $300,000 move-in ready beautiful vacant home to this large well known local co in Oct 2016.( Ive owned and self-managed another very similar rental in the same subdivision-- since 1998--and it has never had one day of vacancy in 16 years-- rented at $1860.This professional pm co put all utilities in their name on my new property and turned the hot water heater ON and the Water ON ( even tho the main water cutoff valve is easily accessible in the coat closet beside the garage.They let the property sit VACANT OCT-NOVand on their "routine inspection on Dec 1, to make sure hobos had not moved in" they SAW the water heater in the garage was spewing (at full blast) A 20' stream/ fountain of HOT WATERand that the entire finished closed garage was covered COVERED !!

In terms of ideas for truly passive investments, I have taken a keen interest and made multiple investments with a firm that offers interests in co-owned portfolios of 10 SFR in the midwest.  

Hi all  - Getting started in Denver here and looking for an insurance broker and CPA.

I should be clear I live in the Denver area, so would look for someone local...

Sometimes the water co will give past history, sometimes not.

Co-ops with no flip tax or condos -- all in estate condition -- JUNIOR 4's that you can convert to official 2 beds and add a bathroom; pre-wars where you can rip down walls to make a more open space; everything in estate condition of course.

In California any of the attorneys I work with and get referrals from would not co-mingle a purchase with a client.I also read in the comments the term SKIN IN THE GAME.