You can sell interest in your QOFs to someone, but that would be adding more equity, and restart the ten year clock on that chuck of equity. 

It's likely that your credit plummeted due to using a large percentage of your available credit. 

As I'm researching the best way to fund investment properties, I'm seeing an ad to fund your investment property using your 401K.

Needed work - replaced siding and windows, added a small shed in back, fixed the fence and back deck.

While running the operations for a large hedge fund circa 2016, there were times where we had over a 100 active listings in the far corners of a single MSA like Birmingham, Alabama.

When you are talking about best ROE (return on your equity), DSCR Loans are generally going to be a best bet ***as long as you don't qualify for conventional options*** - typically DSCR Loans will have better leverage than more traditional Multifamily financing, but when starting out and starting to scale - the leverage options for the Agency-backed conventional Multi-unit loans are going to be your highest leverage option by far - however, people typically max out on these options pretty early on - until truly working with large multifamily (like 200+ unit properties) that qualify under Freddie

When it comes to PM, your number 1 goal in the beginning is going to be adding doors.  

Also, zoning for village-style in  town development seems rare and difficult, in favor of large hotel and apartment projects.

Here's what I do (and mind you, painting an already trashed ghetto house vs the million dollar homes I worked on is a little different, but it all comes down to prep)Grease on walls: Get on Amazon and buy yourself a big container of Purple Power.

Its a little often mentioned added benefit that when you sell, these "credits" help offset your gains.