I’m sorry Ernest, but I struck out on both counts.
Perhaps we should deal with one issue at a time. If you go to the site here:
https://chasebrothersland.com/status/sold/
You will see how the properties (custom post type) are ordered by my _date_sold meta_key. My intent was to do this on the home page as well, but in a different format. Please see the Recently Sold section on the home page:
https://chasebrothersland.com/ (please ignore the popup directing traffic to the customer’s current production site)
Thanks,
Don