Depending on your current credit situation, some private money lenders are starting to do DSCR loans on STRs.

The couple is divorced. both names on the mortgage. went to auction for foreclosure now. some equity for the owner probably still in property. existing/defaulting FHA loan at a low rate. 

I would like to have someone service the loan but most seem to want at least $45 a month which seems high. 

For financing, you can look into a DSCR loan, which the lender will use the potential income for the property to underwrite the loan.

She then approved our loan next day. 

I have an idea of taking cash out refinance with VA loan (partner has benefit) and rates look to be 5.75% on primary home (owned free & clear).

They will often want a new building constructed and building today with labor and materials is very expensive versus retrofitting existing building.When I buy value add vacant buildings the goal is to double the return on investment within a 3 year period.So if I can use the existing building and retrofit to same concept ( example previous burger inc. but now Whataburger wants to come in ) then not as much tenant improvements to convert.So if rent 20 a foot for 5,000 ft that is 100k NOI NNN a year. 7 cap value is about a 1,400,000 stabilized valueSo if I buy it for 400k and have 300k in it more 700k to get new tenant in the value is then around 1,400,000 based on NNN 20 a foot and a 7 cap rate exit value.If you want a premium price then you would need to sell to an end user tenant ( regional or national in nature) that wants to buy the building and put their concept in there.

One of my considerations is to further improve the value by taking a renovation loan, however I'm concerned because of the neighborhood values that investing more money into the home won't net me much profit whether I sell or rent.I feel a little stuck here and I don't want to fall to my limited knowledge, so I'm here reaching out for some guidance.Thank you in advance for any advice or support. 

More commonly, 4-star properties have seen as much as 200- 250 basis points of expansion.This range of cap rates is generally found in the upper 7% to 9% territory, indicating that office property values for transactions over $10 million are down by roughly 35% from the all-time high in 2021, excluding medical and owner-user sales.Debt maturities pose challenges for 2024, with around $206 billion in office loans maturing this year and another $180 billion in 2025 and 2026 combined.

Loan-to-value (LTV) ratios, once commonly found at 70%-80% with 3%-3.5% interest rates, have now slipped to around 55%-65% LTV with high-5% to mid-6% interest rates.