The other options include: -moving into the property for a year to qualify for loan products such as FHA or conventional.

Considering this constraint, I am contemplating an alternative approach: constructing a fourplex on a suitable piece of land.With a capital investment of 25%, I am curious about the financial viability of this strategy.

Guests love having the option to log in their favorite streaming service, so make sure guests have that available in your STR! 

I have a VA loan option from when I was in the military I have not used and have the down payment I’d need for our next residence so I don’t necessarily need to sell in order to buy my next house.

Or the alternatives are to receive BSEED tickets, tenants can put rent in escrow, etc.

Rates have limited my options over the past year, but now I have to find a solution asap that makes sense .

If that is the case, then your options to sand and re-finish are limited....the real wood part is only 1/4", if that, so the sanding cannot be too aggressive.

Alternatively you can hire someone with a broker's license to be your "broker of record" to open your brokerage.

Thank youI am game planning for all different options here and there and hopefully it’s just slightly low cash reserve temporarily that makes me uncomfortable We live in very highly rated school district and my wife would kill me if we needed to move because of my decision on this purchase….. 

As noted above, these are usually geared away from investors if they are looking to increase affordable housing options, or focused on local investors who will then open them up for rent right away for the same reason.