And it's written under the pseudonym of Sean Cook by Paul Kaseburg.Paul’s sat on both sides of the table on over $2 billion of real estate deals.

@Jason Frink, this page seems to cover it:https://www.omglawfirm.com/arkansas-probate-intestate-succes...Here is a pertinent snippet from that page:If you don’t have a Will, the default order of descent goes like this: (1) full blood and adopted children of the decedent, subject to any dower, curtesy, and homestead interest of a spouse; (2) if no full blood or adopted children, then everything to a spouse of greater than three years or half of everything plus dower, curtesy, and homestead to a spouse of less than three years and the other half of everything to other heirs (per this table); (3) to the decedent’s parents or surviving siblings; (4) to the decedent’s grandparents or surviving aunts, uncles, cousins, etc.; (5) to the decedent’s great-grandparents or surviving great aunts, great uncles, etc.; (6) if none of those intermediate descendents are alive the remaining half can go to the spouse of less than three years or to a predeceased spouse’s heirs; (7) finally, if none of these apply, all the property escheats to the county where the decedent died.A good way to visualize the order is to imagine the following scenario: Alfred dies without a Will.

If you are not going to live in it an FHA refinance is probably off the table.

I don't want to leave a lot of money on the table, but I also don't want to still be holding this when Winter rolls around.

However since I built the relationship, he allowed me on the property to fix chipped/peeling paint and waited until OCTOBER, which was when I finally got to the closing table.

Andrew, honestly just keep going.You'll be worth 8 figures soon.Not many people love their jobs, but it puts food on the table and you are clearly good at it if you've been doing it so long.Use some extra income to start getting into RE investing.If you get a seller to carry 15% in 2nd position, you just need a 10% down payment.Its tough to do but everything in life takes sacrifice.

This may or may not be helpful, but for the sake of throwing all the info on the table to keep this guy in jail, I thought I would chime back in. 

Only caveat I would add is that the OP mentioned that they no longer live in the property which takes owner occupied options like FHA 203(k) off the table. 

To be successful right now in STR, you either need to go all out and beat everyone else on their table stakes (pickleball, basketball, game rooms, saunas, hot tubs, etc.) or you need to understand the market better than anyone and pick a niche for that market.Right now, you are one post in and just asking for someone to tell you anywhere in the United States to invest, which is silly.

There is no better way to learn than watching real world first hand.The rich teach their children about money through first hand experience and at the dinner table.