Best places to buy a rental property in Colorado

Ranked by the engine's tracked 5-year appreciation across 19 covered markets in Colorado, snapshot 2026-10-29. Appreciation history is context, not a forecast.

Market	Home value	3y	5y	10y	Active listings
Frisco	$866,457	4.4%	28.1%	121.5%	-
Mesa	$600,032	15.0%	21.4%	102.3%	-
Golden	$855,877	4.1%	14.0%	82.2%	-
Boulder	$753,425	0.3%	11.3%	56.6%	-
Fort Collins	$633,230	-3.1%	10.5%	48.3%	-
Castle Rock	$630,809	-2.3%	9.1%	55.6%	-
Lakewood	$642,932	1.4%	8.5%	67.8%	-
Broomfield	$539,398	-0.5%	8.0%	68.0%	-
Parker	$667,910	-2.5%	7.8%	57.2%	-
Breckenridge	$1,421,583	-3.4%	6.5%	94.8%	-

Full list: every tracked market in Colorado with 5-year appreciation data below.

Thornton - 6.3%
Arvada - 6.1%
Pueblo - 5.3%
Englewood - 4.5%
Longmont - 3.7%
Littleton - 3.5%
Denver - 3.0%
Aurora - 2.9%
Colorado Springs - 1.4%

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All figures are engine estimates from the LumosTerra tracked-data snapshot as of 2026-10-29. They are starting points, not recommendations - verify rents, comps and local rules before acting on any of them.

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