@Patrick MurphyYes, welcome to Denver, the town people from out-of-town think might be a reasonably priced area.

Perhaps a nice 1950's built bungalow.Always hire a 3rd party property inspector to give you an unbiased feel for the home.

Is there a factory being put outside of town?

Go ahead & use that bank financing & get that built in protection of a bank appraisal.

The town I'm looking to purchase in is about 90 miles (2.5 hrs) from my home.

The only thing we could afford in our area, Everett, WA, was a condo in a less desirable area of town.

I am an active investor here in town as well so I'm happy to see more and more of us pop up on here on BP. 

That is a rougher area of town. 

I'd like to meet you when I'm in town in a few weeks

Now that I am debt free in my personal finances I will be working to get a decent lump some of 6 months of my current expenses built up by the end of this year so I will have the pockets to stomach a water heater going out or a leaking roof in my first home.Then I can move on to saving a small down payment (I'm going the 3.5% FHA route) to get a multifamily home or home with a converted basement here in the Atlanta market for myself to live in one of the units and begin my investing career.