Attend local meetups.

That is acceptable by our fire dept in Denver that inspects it once a year. 

You can meet local investors by registering to attend real estate events in your area: https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/521-events-and-happenings6.

That's maybe one of the things you learn by attending a sale vs bidding at the first one.KNOW what you are buying 100%. 

This seems like an impossible task in the Denver market at the moment, but I am looking forward to not living in an AirBnb soon!

One of the most common house hacking strategies in the Denver metro area is the Airbnb House Hack.

If you need help, I would attend SJREIA or whatever equivalent there is in central Jersey as well.2) I would suggest buying a property (SFH or MH) in a location you can get you within 30 minutes, especially for your first deal.

For the places I have in Denver vacancy ranges from 3% over 3 years to 20%.

You can meet local investors by registering to attend real estate events in your area: https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/521-events-and-happenings6.

Account ClosedNot exactly what you're asking, but I just had a deal fall apart in the mountains outside of Denver because of wildfire risk.