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Then use a Fannie or Freddie product that requires a little more down, but still owner occupied so you have to live in it. 

Hope Mills is a good part of town for sure, but my opinion is that you're too far towards the top of the price range.It's your first one, and it's rare people get great deals on their first one (mine was awful), so I'm not beating you up but you need to know where the goal post is for minimum acceptable deals and for Fayetteville the minimum is about 1.3x price/rent and 20% equity creation.

@Kyle EdenThere are a lot of products for refinishing concrete surfaces.

USDA offers amazing loan products for certain areas for certain types of properties, might be worth checking their website.

Down side is it's a variable rate product which is tied to the Prime Index. 

the product you are looking for is currently not funding, I have talked to a few lenders that have said maybe in 2 weeks they can start, but right now all those loans are cut-off

@Mike Marino it does depend somewhat on the loan product but yes, your finances and credit will matter to the bank on a BRRR refi, the amount it matters varies but it always matters some.  

But there are still enough essential employees out there working that you should be able to find someone as long as you have a quality "product" and competitive price.