Consider different selling options (traditional sale, rental, or auction) based on market conditions.Tools that may help: QuickBooks for budgeting and expense tracking.Zillow or Redfin for real-time market data Asana or Trello to track the progress 

Also you have to constantly look for customers and you competing with highly competitive hard money lenders.Lendng under $50k is great idea because most HML don't do loans less then 100k.So I found that traditional real estate is much more passive and easier but I still be interested in private lending on a deal to deal basis I such deal falls into my inbox and it passes all check and balances. 

It can be a great alternative to traditional bank loans, offering flexibility in terms of both loan structure and timelines.

If you're doing a 2nd mortgage on your primary residence to get the cash for down payment on the new Quad, then you're looking at needing to qualify with DTI unless you find a lender who is a DSCR lender and not a traditional conventional loan lender.  

If the deal doesn’t make sense to finance traditionally, see if seller financing works.Now is the time to get in the market.

It is a lot of traditional sales.

I do not think this is a one size fits all answer and there are times where private lending is preferred over traditional financing.

It’s great that you're exploring private equity as an alternative to traditional lending due to your religious considerations.

I use traditional comps to figure property value then use AirDNA + enemy method to factor projected income and then do a traditional underwrite of income / expenses to find return.It is important for AirDNA to have a subscription to find the most similar properties and not just rely on the number it spits out.

They are working on setting up my estate plan, traditional LLC, and my series LLC which should take about 6-8 weeks.