There a quite a few options here, and the details will determine what's available to you.

I've completed quite a lot of BRRRR deals here myself as an investor so I help my clients in and out of state do the same.

I've been researching this quite a bit and am looking into acquiring an STR that I would actively manage and would keep average stay at 7 days or less.

Probably only about 5% of the seems but it's enough to make the floor look not great.I think the vinyl plank flooring was decent quality as it was quite a bit more expensive than the laminate I was looking at initially, but maybe I could have bought even more expensive vinyl. 

Going from a $20K mortgage to a $1.2mil mortgage is quite a 180.

I have done quite a bit of studying and research over the past year and a half, and I've recently started reaching out to potential cash buyers in the area.

Quote from @Kerry Noble Jr: Preforeclosures are best called or door knocked.Tax delinquent or code voiolationsPreforeclosures, Tax delinquent, code voiolations, probates/inheretence, quit claim deeds, water shut off are the best lists.Understand it is a volume game. sending out 500 mailers probably won't yield any results.

@Eddie Miretsky - Quite the list of questions, that could be a 10 hour conversation lol.

Needs quite a bit of rehab.

I'm not quite in a position to pay the mortgage, though could be within a year I believe.