I personally only buy STR'S where I would want to go on vacation. 

Are you looking to rehab or buy turnkey?

It's not a unicorn by a rainbow sitting next to the pot of gold, but the price you pay for such a loan, between the interest rate and fees, etc, will be about the same as buying a unicorn sitting by a rainbow sitting next to a pot of gold. 

-The thing I am undecided on is what type of property to buy.

We would like to buy another home, live in it for a few years then eventually rent it out as well.

Buy a property as soon as you can.

I'm not pre-aproved, I would be buying cash. 

Do you want to buy and sell property without any repairs?

While this works in certain circumstances (IE you are buying under market value and rehabbing to increase to full market value) it will not be as simple as putting lipstick on a pig and commanding a higher property value.

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