My wife and I have a vacant lot in Tallahassee and we're looking to use the current equity to exchange for a larger single family investment property. The lot is paid off and deeded to our LLC, but lender will not do ...

If not, I can put you in touch with an investor friendly agent in the area who can help. 

Option 1.

Mozeo is a fairly user-friendly software, and very affordable.

That shows real estate can be possible for anyone; in my opinion, I know everyone has unique and challenging situations, but in principle, anyone who can follow some basic budget fundamentals can save up enough for a down payment.Grateful BiggerPockets continues to bring more people into the industry!

So before dismissing your options, you may want to consult an investor friendly Lender who is an out of the box thinker.

However, after accounting for long-term capital gains tax and other expenses, you would be left with $150k which is important to budget and account for.

@Paige Corsello...You could call your bank contacts and find out if they are broker friendly.

The current way the studs are built is not up to code, so they have to rebuild the entire structure of the kitchen wall This is not uncommon especially when renovating an older home and when budgeting you should also carry a very heavy contingency for unknowns. 

You could probably afford $20,000 without much impact on your budget.