It's not the same thing.If you have $130,000 in equity, I would not use any more than $65,000 on a new property and $15,000 of that should be held for reserves so you would have $50,000 for downpayment and closing costs really.Unless your rental property is new construction, you don't want to max out the equity in case of large repairs coming.

Option C (selling) simplifies finances and provides a large lump sum (~$270K), but triggers significant capital gains taxes, potentially increasing Social Security taxation and Medicare premiums.

For holes in the wall (one had a large round cut out), was that the tenant's doing? 

But there are options out there.Finally, rate will largely depend on credit score, LTV, DSCR score, AND most importantly PPP.

You would go to meetup.com and search, and also you can go to the top tool bar and search events as well on BP.Meetups, search for large teams working with investors in your area (you can do this on Zillow) or on this website.

I live in a rental apartment in a large complex3.

Large non-refundable EMD will overcome not seeing it in person. 

Mostly hard working trustful people risking large percentages of their retirement.

My primary residence, single family home and a large 7 bedroom duplex 

In this case the offer is only to dive into this one project - I already have 2 protégés).In summary, near rent ready retail units at high LTV have large negative cash flow.