@Michael Mainini you have options and renting could be a good choice if your interest rate is low.

The two choices I would suggest is; If the doors are painatable in that they would look like a nice kitchen rather than a patched up kitchen, then you should paint them.Replace the cabinets with an inexpensive imported type of cabinets.

I don't know if the Orlando area is a good choice since there are tons of STR homes already there.

Its a choice one makes once they have owned both types of assets for any number of years..  

My direction is a personal choice - free and clear.If you are in a position to start saving for your first primary in a year.

In may respects the plans are similar when it comes to investing with broader choices and more control.A Solo 401(k) is designed for self-employed persons with an owner-only business.  

We have taken a lot of prperties from banks theat were asleep at the wheel.

If you had it to do again, would you make the same choices?

I use it to quickly research the property's county info while driving, pin the properties of interest, later on export list of properties as a spreadsheet and send it out the my choice of skip tracing company.Hope this helps. 

@Daniel Stoychev for me personally I’m open to investing most anywhere if the deal is right by the choice between Cook County or not Cook county I will always go with not Cook County.