@Katie Camargo I would consider: HELOC or Cash-Out Refinance:Post-closing, the higher appraisal gives you the potential to tap into the equity via a HELOC (Home Equity Line of Credit) or a cash-out refinance.

Experienced investors typically value properties like yours by analyzing cap rates, cash-on-cash returns, and income growth potential.

Since you’re already networking and have some good realtor contacts, focus on narrowing down your investment strategy (like buy-and-hold or house hacking) and target markets with solid cash flow potential.

They can't assess all the subjective data like overall layout, view from the living room window, the dogs next door that bark all day, the width of doorways, size of individual rooms, quality of kitchen cabinets and appliances, etc.The best thing to do is study your market regularly.

If you have any leads or information, I would love to connect and discuss potential opportunities.

It's nice, but it's also over built for it's investment use potentials. 

There has been a squatter living in it for about 3 years, that refuses access to anyone that I have sent out there to assess the property.Safeguard personnel stopped communication with me last year. 

You must exclude the land value, typically allocated based on property tax assessments or an appraisal, as land is non-depreciable.

And since you are licensed, you can potentially do some sales on the side to increase income and save up for investing.

There are so many potential problems.