What are some of the best practices for finding and approaching private money lenders?

It’s more so the amount of competition and offers being place on properties I’m looking at.

If my wife and I own our own house which have appreciated well over 1 million, and I would like to use a 1031 exchange in order to defer taxes - I have these questions, let's assume we purchased it for $1 million, and it's now worth 2 million dollars and I lived in it for the past 3 years as my primary residence.1.

here is the situation. i left a really good paying job to take care of my 81 year old parents because my dad is chronically ill and my mom is almost there. i wont go into too much detail, but my sis doesnt help them. ill leave it at that. we have a person who comes twice a week to help with cleaning and other household tasks. i carry the bulk of the weight cooking their meals, running errands, grocery shopping, picking up meds, and taking them to dr appointments. its a full time job. i get a small salary of $1000 a month from a care giver sub contractor for the VA. ive been paying my bills with what savings ive had, but only have a few months of funds left. i own a duplex. i have over 200k in equity. i live in texas and texas has weird laws about refi and heloc/heloans when the property is 4 units or less and owner occupied. i would rather not sell, but if thats my only option i will have to at some point.does anyone have any advice or possibly be able to point me to lenders who might be able to work with my situation?

We've already put together an LLA, and found a generic operating agreement online.

That's a nice situation you're in, and I wouldn't touch the underlying 2.625% loan.

I'm concerned about potential issues with refinancing, such as property valuation, interest rates, and lender requirements.

I know the typical value add on a SFH is to fix up kitchens and bathrooms, and forced appreciation with ADU’s or new bathrooms and bedrooms, but how can you do this in a MFH?

Knowledge of techniques and terminology is great - but if you don't take action, all is lost.

I saw the pitch and know the area.