In reality to be successful in real estate you need knowledge of real estate principles, real estate finance, real estate law, and real estate practices.

Overall Cost-Effectiveness: Is there any real financial benefit to taking this route, or is it essentially the same as just selling?

looking at the website 1 to 50 mil deals and for a REAL lender not a fake lender.10k due diligence on a large deal is pretty standard stuff.. but what i would caution you on is thismake sure before you go down this road that you are realistic about your ability to get multi million dollar loans.the main thing is there is going to need to be real equity in the form of cash .. 

Everyone assumes it's easy...but a real painter will absolutely deliver a far superior product to what any homeowner can do.

How is private money lending currently influencing the real estate market?

Thought this would be a cool topic to see what Chicago BP investors seeing for real life rent growth in 2024? 

A "title search"  may not include IRS lien, Bankruptcy, death estate searches etc.

@Bob Asad   I have had great success buying and renting SFH, but also doing other real estate actions. 

Get your permitting department on board first as well in your county.Did you work with any real estate professionals (agents, lenders, etc.) that you'd recommend to others?

Looking to connect with an investor-friendly/focused real estate agent for identifying properties in South Jersey and the Philadelphia area (possibly suburbs).