Your solution is to borrow the downpayment, as well.This is referred to as "over-leveraging" and it's not wise.

Home prices in OKC remain affordable compared to national averages, allowing investors to acquire properties with strong cash flow potential.

Udemy and Coursera have affordable options, and they could help you feel more confident when pitching yourself.It sounds like you’re in a great position to get started.

Can anyone recommend good companies to root cause  and implement solution to fix this issue?

The draw is actually this coming Fri for 2026The market for STR seems saturated in popular/touristic regions, however, if you have a unique property and offer affordable pricing, you may get descent occupancy. 

Home values are much more affordable and the local economy is trending upward.

We have talked about things such as rent by the room and acknowledge that the operating model will likely be very different while living in the property vs. when we move out.I think the point you made about assumable loans is very helpful to get into a property you might not otherwise be able to afford.

For example if you think the house is worth 200K fixed up you need to pay 100K to afford the hard money loan and rehab budget and still have a profit.

That being said due to the number of sharks out there I would only spend money that I can afford to lose. 

I can't really afford to pay two mortgages.