Personally If you like your current residence and hope to stay there long term I would forgo major improvements on my primary and use all investment savings to make you more money and cash flow. 

Purchase price: $160,000 Cash invested: $35,000 Another 1% single family deal in a transitional area creating long term wealth

What are you looking to achieve in the short, mid, long term?

We've utilized the VA loan for our current home, and this strategy has worked well so far.

Let's roughly say running electric line is $10kInstalling underground propane tank 1000gal is $10kWhat's your experience heating with gas vs electric in terms of warmth?

thanksRyan  @Ryan RuppertShopify is a great platform for e-commerce, but it might not be the best fit for managing STRs in the long term.

I have also been doing quite a bit of research on Loan's, tax consequences etc., and am working towards being a expert in this niche.  

Those were the situations where I was looking for ways to make it work.Don’t come out the gate haggling, or even discussing the terms at all.

Will you be funding your own rehab or would you need to roll those funds into your initial loan?

There's no current loan on it right now.