Guidance from the city is a strong preference for a development that will blend in with the surrounding duplexes.

We prefer this to Sparefoot as they stay longer and retention is strong coupled with we charge more than others in the market.

We are debt free with money for down payment if needed, but would prefer not to use our assets.Right now I'm looking to attend meet ups in FT.

Unfortunately, I'll likely have to put 25% down because I can't pick my family up and move, so I know that limits me to an investment loan and way more upfront capital than I'd prefer. 

Would anyone be able to shed some light on their preferred method?  

If you go for quantity, you may not have enough profits (if any) after the deal is done.So again, what ever your taste is great, but giving advise to 2M people when the advise only applies to you is not fair for people reading this.Either way... 

It looks great and tasteful .

I would start there as well as checking with other investors in your area to see which ones they prefer to use.

Credit is great and I would prefer OPM.

They will likely have lenders they prefer to work with.