Since we have a property recently paid off, I am wondering what are the options out there we could use to utilize this opportunity. 

I still have baseboard heating so even though the ski season would get good utilization, the economics don't work with the inefficient heating setup.French Broad (local power co) is running a program to sell ductless split unit heat pumps at cost and will finance them.  

While it has a balloon at the end, but they typically just refinance the loan for another 7 years at a new rate.

From this data, you can utilize a website bestplaces.net that will give you a breakdown of the percentage of homes that sold, in various price ranges, for a given zip code.

Data Points:101 Latham Place, CharlottePurchase price - $116,000Buy Side Closing Costs - $5000Total Rehab Cost Budget - $100,000Total Financed Amount (purchase + construction costs) - $190,000Estimated time to Rehab: 5 Months (based on conversations with multiple GC's and Architect)HML Cost to Borrow Interest  - 10,000 (12% rate on 190,000 borrowed across 5 months)HML Cost to Borrow Points - $7,000 (3.5% on 190,000)ARV - $310,000Exit Closing Costs - $3,500Staging Company to Sell - $3,000Holding Costs (utilities, taxes, insurance) - 2,750The Total Rehab Costs is based on what I believe to be a reputable GC who has experience flipping in this neighborhood.

Sounds like they have partnered with 1 provider to try and expand their offerings, but these company owned brokerages are typically run by employees who have no vested interest in winning your business.Probably time to find a good independent agent to handle the rentals, AND you'd be able to leave the home and auto with USAA.Good luck

Typically these threads exist to reveal motivation from what we’ve accomplished, fewer are created to document the struggles that we all undergo, so that we might one day reveal the triumphant accomplishments that have been had in the face of adversity.

Looking to utilize my experience, connections, skills and qualifications to grow a network of investors, developers and contractors to create an (or several) eventual company(s) to build strong communities.

The team/agent community is highly competitive and if they were lying there would literally be hundreds of complaints from other teams to the real estate commission from these.Also the top teams are typically listed by a number of different reporting agencies such as realtrends, the wall Street journal etc.

What LTV% for investment property will banks typically loan on?