Are you looking to pay off the hard money loan, fund another investment, or cover property improvements?

However, we have a two-pronged process to credit repair: negative items remove and positive items improve.

Basic staging with an agent usually means they give you insight into how you should:Declutter and depersonalize by removing photos and personal itemsArrange your furniture to improve the room’s flow and make it feel biggerAdd plants, move art, or re-arrange other accessoriesFull-service staging is another option if your house needs more hands-on attention.

Have you contacted the Zoning Department to review the survey and ask what your subdivide options are with the existing improvements?

Only about $3k was spent to make upgrades and improvements to the property.

What I do see is that a strong screening process improves your chances of getting a responsible resident. 

We will then, as the units turn over, get rents up a good bit further with additional design improvement renovations and hopefully reno into lower interest rates when they drop or at the very least in 5 years on our 20 year we'll have paid off enough to refi into a smaller loan.That is the only kind of smaller deal we can find in neighborhoods where we want to buy now. 

If not, work on Improving it before purchasing an investment property.  

There are a couple of unique tax laws to real estate investors - 1031 exchange, bonus depreciation on certain improvements, Qualified Opportunity Zones, real estate professional status, etc.Make sure that the accountant you interview to understand the above concepts.best of luck!

Separately from all of that - I recommend reviewing your lease up procedures to improve verification of signing tenants and their agreement and aware of terms and conditions.