Paint correction and detailing take hours of labor, materials, and a dust free environment.

I thought perhaps a consulting service would introduce some measure of impartiality since its ostensibly an open architecture/'free to choose' environment.  

I actually just did a dscr loan to pay off the hard money I borrowed on the second property (where we live and rent the actual house) I estimate the appraisal to come in around $215-280K which if I were to take out 80% would barley give me enough to buy anything in the FL market and have cash left over for renovations.Not sure if im missing a step here or if it might be best to buy an auction home with that cash to flip and have more capital to have more deal options. 

Purchase price: $165,000 Cash invested: $1,200,000 Purchased raw land and built a campground What made you interested in investing in this type of deal?

I am already preapproved and could move on to something else that would not cash flow nearly as well.

Control more cash in MM or CD's so we don't take the full inflation bite, holding cash. 

That is a $40K discount or $40K cash back to you as an Academy investor on a brand new $400K home from one many national builders across multiple different markets.

VA loans are assumable but the key is you will have to bring in cash the difference between the asking price and the current loan. 

The house hack approach makes sense otherwise.Think about cash reserves.  

Feel free to message me if you have any questions.