After 45 + years as a real estate investor, broker, lender, fund manager and syndicator, I’ve become aware that the “dream” of many investors and investor “hopefuls” is to be able to generate enough cash flow to live off their real estate holdings and accumulate enough wealth to make “work” optional.

What’s your vision for your next property - do you see yourself leaning towards value-add projects, or are you focusing more on turnkey options?

Now we are mostly scaling our business with larger communities but I've used many different creative finance strategies including seller finance, private lending, hard-money, collateral from other properties, and lease-options. 

Popular companies in the area include Citizens Property Insurance (the state-backed option), Universal Property & Casualty, and Tower Hill Insurance.You might also want to work with an independent insurance agent who can shop around for you and find a policy that works for you.

If it is your primary residence as indicated, just sell it and skip the 1031I Persue all 3 payment options concurrently and see which pans out as your best deal.

Perhaps that's the correct option if you are selling a SFH to a home owner that has unique design characteristics but not in the context of what you are facing.

If I have several options, I would prefer a HELOC with no initial draw requirements (i.e. to establish a literal line of credit that I have no specific short term plans to use), i.e. not something like the better.com HELOC. 

Do you see them as a viable option early on, or is it better to avoid them altogether?  

For example Hospitable has a option for this through there direct bookings payout sections but it is only for specific states.

This reduces exit options and affects the value. 10) Small number of small units is the most expensive residential development there is.