That's perfectly fine and fair-- just keep the assets to supplement your life style in the most risk-averse and conductive to living a free life. 

If you look at a 2-4 unit at that price range it should cash flow based on the multiple doors.If you are going to spend above $300K you need to look in different amenity areas which offer a good VRBO -STR style rent to cash flow.

A specific size/style of home?

Little things to look out for are: cars parked on the grass, the style and age of cars, yards with high and unkept grass, cyclone fenced front yards, houses that need painting, blue tarps on the roof.

But Rich Somers is your guy for hotels and building a portfolio of resort style properties.

I have some ideas of turning several of these into AirBnB's/Vrbos or glamping because they truly cut away all of the BS of any other type of residential/vacation style building when it comes to development. 

If not then would need to do a fix and flip cashout refi style loan  

I had decided on white kitchen cabinets with light grey LVP flooring, but the more I read, the more I'm seeing comments about grey LVP flooring going out of style...

To answer your question about how much investment returns I've sacrificed, I guess one could say the opportunity cost of that $4,000 is $400 per year if I had invested it and made a 10% return.

We are looking to remodel our home to resell and we are stuck on what to do with the floor for maximum home value improvement.Our one bed/one bath home has hardwood in the living room and bedroom, however, there are different styles of vinyl wood panel in the kitchen and bathroom.