With $75K, you should be able to get 2 or 3 rental properties and capture $15K to $20K on each of them with straight up purchases. 

Last year my husband and I traveled for 8 months straight and stayed in tons of Airbnbs.

There is sub-to, wraparound or AITD(all inclusive trust deed), or if the seller does not have a mortgage you can go straight owner finance. 

Straight up you would still need to close with an escrow and title company.

Of course I have proof of all this, on time payments for 4 years straight, no missed payments, until Feb 2020 with a big final pay off on all those rotating debts...again, approx $50k total.I would greatly appreciate your advice and recommendations to my options now, professionals who can get me going, to help me get started with the cash I have available for startup even with a dipped credit (BAD) ranking....

Also, I'm going straight for a cash flow property because this is my first one and I just want something that's going to be relatively safe and conservative. 

This was straight off the MLS, and needed lots of work that other buyers didn't want to do.

Give a 24 hour notice to inspect (or whatever timeline your lease allows) and if they ask any questions , tell them straight up you’re considered about the contractor traffic.

Now outside of that with a gut everything is straight forward.

@Kyle Wahl You got a lot of great advice you will not get traditional funding.Period .There are fix and flip lenders who also do long term or straight to rental financing.Your Funding would be 70 -75% of your ARV.I have found that many will not loan more for the rehab than the PP.Best of luck.