Some of the funds were Roth but the bulk was traditional 401k so took a big hit with taxes.  

@Bill Haldenby  You are correct, STRs are definitely more work then a traditional rental, unless you go with a turnkey management provider which will likely gouge you of most of your profits.

Traditional How did you add value to the deal?

If I do traditional rental...I'll get about 15% CoC at $6K gross rents. 

Keep in mind the average person only buys/sells a total of 3-4 houses in their LIFETIME, and on top of that 80%+ do so using the traditional approach of buying retail off the MLS and having real estate agents hold their hands thru every step of the process.You, my friend, are a Wild West cowboy finding opportunity where others dare not tread. 

She had trouble getting more traditional financing take outs because of the type of markets she was in.

I’m wondering if it’s a good idea to find investors/buyers outside of my area or should I focus more on finding them inside my area zone... trying to find myself some extra investors that I can pitch to as my area isn’t fairly that rich in size.

Traditional loan, hard money* refinance so i have no cash in the deal* Can i finance the house as a primary residence since my dad is living there and i have no other property? 

But do the rich really pay less in taxes like Mr.Sanders says?

It's the same as a traditional Investment property from a bank.