I am fairly new to this REI world that I have been exposed to and very excited. 

Does anyone know of a solid, fair priced builder in the Denver metro area who could help with 1-7 single family / duplex type buildings over the next year?

I'd happily accept fair rent. 

Also, this is a long play, I see it as I am building up houses with cash flow, but also a good chunk of equity/appreciation should I need to sell off and use the cash for something else sometime in the future.

Hi all,I’m fairly new here and to real estate, so far bought 3 places one a duplex ready to go and 2 renovations from auction.

I know some investors in their 70's that played small ball when they could have sold an traded up.

This would be more of a cash flow play and forced appreciation over time.  

You have to have a fairly large scale to justify it.

I'd just weigh your expected returns in the market vs your mortgage interest rate.I've actually been tapping the HELOC equity to re-invest into the market which is an aggressive play but if I can beat the interest rate (3.75%), I'll be turning a profit by doing so.

I'd buy my house again today in a heartbeat for our total refi amount, so I guess I did an appreciation-refi-play on my house to pay for a divorce and am at about 20% equity when the dust settles with no revolving debt.