We also live in Ohio. We bought a pre-owned home down here in Oct 2018 and was able to close in 30 days. We used Huntington - the MLO we had was awesome. An important thing is to make sure you are prepared at the initial loan appointment: bring your paystubs, W2s, tax returns, bank/investment statements ... and when the bank asks for something else, don't delay, get it to them asap. I think that helped us tremendously, plus it wasn't his first FL home purchase deal.
Is your home in Ohio paid for? Could always get a home equity and use that to buy the new home, if there is enough equity. Huntington can, in some cases, go up to 100%. If you go that route, do it now vs later, so it's in place.
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