If you and your family are willing to house hack and use either an FHA 203k or homestyle renovation loan, the path of least resistance with the lowest risk, in my opinion.If you didn't want to house hack you could try a live-in-flip with those same loan programs! 

Is it possible to do a 1031 exchange and use the proceeds to buy a house using hard money, then refinance into a long term loan?

You could look into doing a vacation home loan.

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I will have POA and will conduct a 80% cash out refi, which the loan proceeds will then be paid to the seller and the title would then finally be transferred to me. 

In fact, during my short stint as an aspiring BRRRR investor, I successfully secured a pre-approval for a private money loan based on my net worth.Now that I’ve shifted to land investing, I’m wondering: Do private or hard money lenders exist specifically for land flips?

if it was me I would get a credit for those items do your inspection then install them yourself .. just pay cash then refi I guess or use a bridge loan.. or risk having them stolen again..

With a loan of say 350k, and paying property management, it should still provide net profit of about 4k to 7k a year in year 2.

Vehicle expenses are one of the major costs to consider, so living nearby helps reduce those expenses and saves you time.

This may border on mortgage fraud though if she gets a conventional loan knowing she intends to just hand you the title.What about a private lender that won’t make you sign personally?