LA 360 Engine refresh?

Compressions look fairly consistent. If it was me, I'd fix the leaks and drive it, and start socking away money for a crate motor. Trust me when I say you won't be on such good terms with your neighbor after a few weeks. You'll be under pressure to rush things, and despite your best intentions you'll have oil and antifreeze all over his floor. A pre-run crate will take far less time to drop in...when you're ready...and by then you may have your own garage to work out of. I'm building my 340 now (again) and the cost is likely gonna equal or exceed that of a crate motor by the time I'm done. I'm doing it in small chunks on my own time in my own garage, so that's OK. If I was in your situation I would be throttling WAY back on getting in too deep.
If you are really jonesing to get your hands dirty and get right in there with the alligators, I might suggest finding a good core motor and start building it to your specs. It will take up a whole lot less garage space than an entire car and you can put a drip pan under the engine stand. Just sayin'...

Pretty spot on. I’ve switched gears and have been looking for a either a short block to start with, or an engine to brake down and rebuild. I want to learn more and this is a good opportunity. The short block will make it easy to start. I need to make a plan, but first I need to learn a whole lot more about building/rebuilding an engine. I’ve read a ton of threads and articles, but I still don’t know a thing about cams and how the math works. Lol. There’s a couple books that I’m going to buy. I want to find a simple combo that’s been tested and copy it, or take the other route of finding an engine and break it down, clean it up and prepped to go to the machine shop to get checked over and do what they recommend and clean then clean again and slowly reassemble with a combo of upgraded parts and refreshed existing parts. Whatever I do though, I need to formulate a plan and stick to it. Thank you for your reply!