However how much are you spending is this even going to be noticeable to your bottom line, or would you be better focusing energy on other items?

You may take a loss, but you'll hopefully learn some lessons and do better next time.

We do “basic” rehabs to better the Cashflow for Investors.

We previously used Guesty and liked it except their accounting had a lot of bugs (better now from what I hear). 

Any advice on how to better source properties so that I can help the team grow their flip business?

Other than lowering my DTI ratio (which is what I'm focusing on now), is there another way to realize that equity or am I stuck with dead equity until I can get that ratio to a better space?

@Miranda YanezIf it’s second position you will be better suited to find an equity partner than a lender as most lenders do not like to be in 2nd position

Or would the better of the options be to secure private money at $50k for 3-6 months to fund the DP? 

My goal with that is to foster an environment where college students can better prepare themselves financially by improving their financial literacy and exposing them to different types of investments early on.

Even they are smaller deals the appreciation would be better and yes not all eggs in one basket.