While I don’t plan on flipping the house, I intend to use the property for short-term rentals (STR), and based on my research, it seems like it will perform well either as an STR or a long-term rental (LTR).Any ideas on how I can source the financing or recommendations for better lenders would be greatly appreciated!

I love my job and plan to do this type of work forever.

The business venture that went sideways?

Toby - getting your license for self representation of you're planning on doing a lot of deals is a good option.1) You have to hang your license with a broker unless you have a brokers license.

Connect with The Hard Money Co, Mach1 Lending, MGM Capital or Plan B Homebuyers. 

You can’t win the the present value game unless your plan is the absolute best investment plan, AND an owner occupant or neighbor doesn’t want it. 

Then once it's acquired and/or fixed up you could shop around for long term financing if planning on holding the property rather than flipping it. 

Since it's your current primary, you would need to move out, change your address, and likely get a lease in place before closing on the DSCR loan since the lender needs to prove this is a "business purpose" loan and not a loan on your primary residence. 

I did a cash out refi on my principal residence at a much lower rate and paid it off.Now I plan on using the equity for more purchases.What? 

She prepares all the numbers for me to review and then we discuss issues within the business, create an action plan around them and wrap up.