The one to buy if you plan to live in it. Strongest street of the three, strongest appreciation story, and the basement apartment pays most of the mortgage. Move fast; it will not last the weekend.
Long-term rental, at the assumptions below
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A Berkeley bungalow that pencils as a high-end STR or a house hack; as a plain rental it is a thin bet on appreciation.
House hack: live in the main floor, rent the finished basement apartment for $1,650 and the numbers turn positive on day one.
Nine days on market in this neighbourhood means multiple offers; expect to go over asking.
Separate entrance already exists; permitting the basement as an ADU adds roughly $60K of value.
Northwest Denver appreciation has outrun the metro for a decade and shows no sign of slowing.
I work with out-of-state and first-time investors buying rentals along the Front Range. Every property I send comes with the numbers, not a brochure.
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