Happy to chat...being a local GC takes out a lot of the risk of the biggest variable for most investors (unpredictable rehab costs) and also allows you to consider more options than the average investor, with your rehab costs being significantly lower.

Your best option would be to refinance your loan (if any) and get a construction loan for the improvements.

Would a home equity loan be a viable option in this situation, especially in regards to eliminating some of the red tape I'm running into with a refinancing an scorp-owned property?

The asset was sold a couple years later and the operator gave all investors the option to exchange into a new acquisition or liquidate.

Many good rental options in San Antonio/New Braunfels area.

And, perhaps most importantly, make sure you have access to flexible financing options that can help you adapt to new market conditions.

Alot of unknowns as you don't have the ability to walk the property beforehand, but interesting process, and pretty good deals exist there.While the Trustee Sales are cash purchases, there are many hard money options that can turn over the funds in time for the 24 hour funding required to complete the purchase.If you are interested, let me know and I can go into more detail, as well as make some other suggestions for you to consider. 

As you indicated you have plenty of options to start.

House hacking is probably your best option.

That's how I would propose it as an option next time.