I will say that if you are willing and able to live in a duplex, sometimes you will have to pay a premium to be in an area that fits your standards.

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I'd say anything in the Cherry Creek school district that fits your price point. 

Second, like Taylor said only you can really decide which one fits for your goals. 

Having a list of questions in mind that will generate an apples-to-apples comparison between lenders can be helpful.Some of the items that you will want to evaluate when speaking with different lenders to see which one’s terms fit you best are,Loan amount: What will the loan amount be?

The best thing to do in these scenarios would be to find reputable investors and see what they did that worked with their investment property as well as see the mistakes they made during their process, if their situation fits closely with your own. 

This will be your biggest ally when it comes to looking at deals and helping you find a property that fits the strategy you're after. #4 Practice using a rental calculator to calculate your numbers.

@Siddhanth Maheshwari  Work out a  budget and  decide what the  maximum monthly payment would be .....meet with a loan  person and  begin the  pre approval process   and provide them  with the max  payment amount  - the loan person should be able to  tell you  what loan amount this payment  corelates to .....once you know this ..add  your down payment funds to this max loan amt to get a  purchase price  ......once you have this - you can  then  look at the  properties that  fit into this  price  ...if there are  zero properties  -  continue to  rent or   revise the  budget  or   wait for  a  lower priced property to hit the market

It’s weird and has been a struggle to balance a social life, my fitness goals, and learning about real estate.  

You look at all factors that you believe pertain to your specific property, do you have other tenants, is it a quiet building, do your tenants work nite shifts, will young families with children be a good fit etc. etc.I know someone is going to jump in with the usual "fair housing" cry but you need to consider whether the applicant will fit with other tenants or if they may destroy your property etc.