Credit score is mid to upper 700's

Our big goal is to have a large 8/9 figure+ portfolio by our mid 40s, owning multi-family, retail, and some single-family homes.

  "30 Day Stay" is a great book and not just about mid term rentals. 

Find areas that aren't over saturated with rentals, and an area that could easily pivot between short-term / mid-term / long-term rentals as the market fluctuates.

I think that a mid-term/corporate housing opportunity is the current sweet spot for investing in the Triangle. 

On its surface it seems your liquidity is going to be a greater deterrent than a mid 600 credit score.  

As it is we both have a strong desire to buy a SFH for ourselves but currently house hacking is a better solution because that other rent is paying our taxes and water and sewer bills and for some mid range priced renovations to the property.

You should check out the Roseville rei meetup coming up in mid March. 

LVP Flooring throughout 4. 190k 3/1 listed @ 210k in december, sold for 190k this month. mordern kitchen, new water heater, new hvac & roof (5yrs) So I found 2 more5. 199K 3/1 was a flip sold 4/23 110k listed 209k in 6/23 sold 8/23 199k full finish, clean, hardwood floors, paint interior/exterior, new windows, new fixtures. refinished bathroom.6. 280k 3/1 closer to mid town Listed at 269k 3/24 sold in 4/24 280k. 

If you are trying to convert a property under and hoa into an str, your job gets even more complicated as the HOA itself may have its own regulations IF it even accepts it at all.caution: STR market is over saturated in these parts and some of them are shuting down and being converted into corporate housing, mid term rentals, or furnished long term rentals.