If the end goal is financial freedom ASAP, trading in the depreciating asset for a cash-flowing appreciating one is a great idea. 

It's definitely not a terrible idea to own real estate outside of a retirement account so you can take advantage of all the tax benefits, especially using the depreciation to reduce your taxable income from a w-2 job.

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Any other creative financing ideas?

Make sure you properly report your capital losses and carry them forward.  

If that person is an employee of one specific bank/lender, it's common for them not to have any idea which hits are "their" hits, and which come from Fannie Mae, since they only ever see the rate/fee schedule from the one place they work at, and they aren't typically labeled that way, it just says "2-4 unit cash out:" and lists the amount of the hit in basis points, without specifying from whence it came.

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Generally speaking operate the LLC like a business, follow the operating agreement procedures, properly fund the LLC for the business operations you intend on performing and avoid commingling of  funds.

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I'd recommend shopping around with different lenders so you have a general idea/feel about what to expect in terms of rates and the whole process itself.