I have a few new properties and am looking into buying more but want to know from people that have been doing this for 5, 10, 15,20 years how much on average they have spent on maintenance/capex each month or year.

If thats the case I'd be grateful for any helpful links.What are the most important professionals I should keep in contact with for apartment maintenance?

Do I need a real estate license in Colorado to manage my own property(owned by me) if I want to use an LLC to protect myself. in other words I want to have the money for rent and maintenance for the property to go through my LLC to protect my personal property but does this mean I have to get licensed?

I'm doing all the management and maintenance.

I'd agree with what @Jesse Danzig said above in regards to management, maintenance, and vacancy at 10%.

They have a philosophy of keeping the dues low and when something big comes up they typically have a special assessment.

@patrick philipWell, if there's no room to negotiate a low price to allow for rehab and then arv, what do you think?

I don't have vacancy rates for Bedford but I'm guessing they're pretty low.

Book on low and no money down has some good information (such as Joint ventures) but a lot of the options are less useful in Canada.

Should I be going after traditional real estate deals (since there are lots and lots more of them available, even with a low inventory), or keep pouring everything into my wholesale marketing budget?