Both Ecobee and Honeywell are great options for smart thermostats so you can remotely control the temperature settings and set temperature ranges. 

If you can't do that, they make boxes you can put over the themostats in your tenants apartment, you can set it to room temperature and lock the box. 

If you have wall thermostats in the home you can also consider putting in a thermostat which limits the temperature the heat can be set. 

It is slow and steady. 

It's going to be tough to buy a property without steady W2 income.  8k is a good start, but you might need to keep saving.  

Housing costs continue to be a major contributor to inflation, with shelter prices rising 0.6% in January, keeping pressure on affordability.Despite these inflationary trends, the Federal Reserve is not raising rates and is keeping its benchmark interest rate steady at 4.25% to 4.50%.

-Markets with promising ROI potential and steady demand.

Hold steady.  

As there are Californians still moving here, the vast majority are instead picking the states with low or no state income tax like Texas, Florida, or Tennessee.Although we still have a positive influx of people moving here, more people have been leaving due to rising housing costs in recent years.To put it in perspective, we saw around +45k in the 2010's.Overall, CO is basically a balanced net migration in recent years which is likely to keep home prices steady....

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