I want to reside in Summit County, Colorado

It has been one week since I moved to Silverthorne and have been traveling around Summit a tad bit.

I always thought buying a house would be crazy and not really in my sights but what I am seeing here.  Geesh!

If I could buy a nice house for $500,000 or a crappier one for $250,000?  Rent it out for 2k-3k a month.

2,500 x 12 = 30k a year and let's just take it down to 25k for maintenance.  10 years to get to 250k?  Doesn't sound great to me.