You mentioned that you're not interested in grants or fundraising, I'm curious what type of operating budget and actual program you have in mind.

EXP Realty recently started a referral only program.

The property either has to go through the tax sale process, receivership, or some other program (donation, etc.) to have the liens abated. 

I'm piloting a new construction program that's building a generational style home 6 bedroom 4 bathroom, 2500 sq ft house in a class B/C area.

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Reach out to the Marcus & Millichap offices in Columbus/Cleveland and have one of the MMCC commercial mortgage brokers produce a few quotes for you.If you don't have the time to research contact info / programs for 25-50 different lenders and make the calls/emails necessary to obtain optimal financing, hire a broker.

And the best part is they help you through the entire process of learning how to run the program with many tips for hosting an STR.

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! 

I am thinking two things:  First, do you have a spreadsheet or program of some sort that you can share with me so I can analyze a deal?  

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