For the home loan, if assuming it isn’t an option with your current income, you might consider using some of the cabin sale proceeds as reserves or paying down debt to improve your financial standing.

Actively marketing the property and handling tenant relationsCost Segregation: allows you to accelerate depreciation by breaking down the property into different components, such as personal property (appliances, carpeting, etc.) and land improvements (landscaping, parking lots, etc.), which can be depreciated over a shorter period typically 5, 7, or 15 years rather than 27.5.

I'm not an active owner in that I use a management company but I spend a good deal of time fixing/improving things myself so I don't have to pay someone else.  

These updates improved the property’s marketability and allowed me to maintain high occupancy rates on platforms like Airbnb.

In addition, the tax savings from the STR loophole and the Cost Segregation Study could help accelerate your paydown of the HELOC and improve your overall cash flow.

This would include architectural fees, new equipment, cost of protecting or defending your title to the property, or building improvements.

It's also fairly easy to do virtually.The money is made in land flipping on the "improvements" you make on the land.

A lot for the poster to learn and improve upon.

Will the home rent well, or will you need to make improvements first?

Being able to do your own renovations and improvements will give you a serious advantage when house hacking or even working on your own projects.Akron has some solid real estate opportunities, especially for house hacking in multi-family homes.