Hello Guys, i also had that question myself.This year i bought my first MultiFamily Properety in Leiria and i want to scale it as quick as i can. 

@Jorge Vazquez It is really good if you want to scale up quickly as you do pay a heavy price when you buy back the equity but it is good to pay back within 3 yearsThis explains betterhttps://www.cnbc.com/select/what-is-home-equity-sharing/#:~:text=Home%20equity%20sharing%20allows%20homeowners,when%20you%20sell%20the%20house.

It sounds like you are putting the horse before the card and are more interested in scale than foundation.

Ultimately, my vision is partnering with a private lender so I can spread my funds across multiple deals at once and scale quicker; I'm really happy so far with my agents, contractor, and refi lender, so I feel like getting a great lender would be the next step for me.

Even if this deal is too tight, they can  help with administrative tasks on future deals / help you scale your business.  

The reality is you will at some point buy from a wholesaler if you try and scale this business.

Was it due to features, lack of scaling, or something else?

It’s a small single family three bedroom one bathroom unit, I bought it for cheap and plan on renting on the higher scale by making minor improvements such as flooring, fresh paints and of course new kitchen and bathroom

That's the way you scale with less money each time, but you don't want to leave the last home until you have built enough equity to do a cash-out refinance.

I have learned a ton on these forums though I’m posting for the first time.what does not get mentioned enough is that if you want to scale slowly using low money down FHA/conventional loan approach and live in there for 1 year, at a time, you should not write off all the rental income on your most recent tax returns for the existing rental properties.