I would look for a 2 bedroom 2 bath duplex with a one car garage for each side located between the two units and each front porch on the each end of the building.  

Many of those properties were build by my team for investors.

@Julie Doke: Industry specific software speaks to you and you can easily relate it to your day to day process.

Then I begin to research the industry.

Hi Anthony, it sounds like you’re in a good position to start building your STR portfolio, especially with no debt, great credit, and rent-free living!

Quote from @Karolina Powell: @Richard Volkov, the oil and gas industry has something like this. 

Personally, If I could pull out a HELOC, I would use it to fix and flip which will typically make sense as you shouldnt be keeping the money out for that long and you can recycle it or pay it back and build off the capital that you got from. the flip.

Chris answer is spot on.I'll add "quick closing".You won't find investors easily, you have to go to a lot of meetups to build them.

Noone bring me any REALLY good deals for the next 1-15 days, or I am subject to counter claims...Real estate industry.... get your act together.

An example might be a commercial tenant with 50% of the space in a building sends an after-letter notice that it now plans to vacate at the end of its lease term in 6 months.