The home designer suite seem to be a popular choice

Rates in the 5's.  30 year fixed or the now popular 40 year option (10 year interest only and 30 year fixed thereafter).You can do it in an LLC and you only need 20% down (although pricing is better the lower the ltv).Stephanie

I know not the popular answer but man, don’t know how u completely separate that and still be decent.

In vs. out of state.I'm worried that Colorado isn't a good place to start investing for cash-flow (but it may be for market stability in popular areas); investing out of state to start seems like the move in this case but I know there are lots of issues someone new to the world can run into which are harder to solve with remote investments.2.

Below is a comparison between three popular investing states.

Lakewood seems to be very popular for investors…I think there could be a smart play in Aurora, too, given proximity to Fitzsimmons (though some might argue northern area is speculative; south likely “safer”).

Not sure if that's where all the arbitrage posts are coming from or not but he's been around, and popular, for quite a while.

Hey Maine BP Family, 

How is the MTR space up in Portland and other hot beds of ME? I have my own data, but want to hear directly from the direct pros. 

Using leverage (and with your finances and credit score this shouldn't problem), you could turn that cash into down payments on 8 B/B+ turnkey properties (give or take, assuming average value of $100k, 25% down) in Birmingham and a few other popular markets, though numbers will vary.

The popular, local supply house I get a lot of my remodel stuff from deals Goodman equipment, and we also have a Goodman distribution center about 10 minutes away, yet for some reason a lot of the HVAC guys seem to shun it.