I spoke to lenders in Colorado and in Idaho, both said it can be done. 

The amount of work and capital it takes is usually smarter spent on either buying your own property or venturing into co-hosting.

I have never hired an inspection co.

I appreciate any guidance you could provide. just go to Zillow and click on the "rent" button for the area, good luck , Oh also call a PM co in the area 

I don't have that many properties but my Class A (SFHs and one apartment building, co-owned) has always done better.

2)  I have two LTR properties:  CO sfh and FL twnhs. 

The above linked post talks about Breckenridge, Colorado and Keystone as great options for a first-time short-term rental investor because they're "STR friendly."

https://www.home365.co/

The guests are a couple who exclusively do co-living properties just like you are describing.

We don't discount the co-op unless the seller asks us to. 2) On the buy side we provide a rebate to our buyers - again on a sliding scale. 3) For either buyers or sellers we can work on an hourly basis with them saving the difference.