I had a 1031 exchange money to buy an investment property and did not want another fixer upper, so I decided to get a new home that was move-in ready.

If they buy something for your property and you pay them back, it’s just like you bought it yourself—so you can count it as an expense in your bookkeeping.If they don’t get reimbursed, then technically it’s a gift/donation, and you can’t deduct it as an expense.

Get some land that's ideal, and get a tiny whatever.

Absolutely, go to college and get a worthwhile degree, especially if you have a free ride!!!!

The returned interest from a loan is stacking up in the account and I need to take some action to get it moving again.

Cash flow keeps the lights on until you get there!

Wondering what the process looks like for getting a conventional loan for an out-of-state deal.

Then you can start seeing other places just on the MLS when you get this strategy down and knowing what rough numbers will be, but it is always mandatory to get a full amount of rehab costs to get the GC into the property. 

How hard would it be to get a replacement tenant for the same rent?

I'm a first time home buyer and was wondering how this situation would be different than a standard home sale.