I work with a couple of high net worth individuals who want to get into hard money lending but don't want to vet the deals, find investors to work with, etc.

Inching closer to the 7% mark, the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage has climbed to 6.90%, up from 6.77% last week and notably higher than the 6.50% recorded a year ago, according to Freddie Mac data.After a period of smaller rate movements offering some relief to homebuyers, recent signals from the Federal Reserve hinting at delayed rate cuts have sparked an upward trend.Sam Khater, Chief Economist at Freddie Mac, emphasizes that strong economic and inflation data are driving this shift.

Not sure if interesting but my buddy just launched a real-time leads list for off market properties based on publicly accessible data: tax delinquencies, probate, pre-foreclosures...etc.

My go to is this deal analysis spreadsheet; I've tweaked it to make it work for me:https://bit.ly/3EAhMm8Complete all of the Purple Boxes with your property's data and it will crunch the numbers.

I have searched high and low for services (Doorstead, Craigslist) but it seems no one is offering that level of service, or if they do I don't trust they can deliver considering my specific needs (experience with potential section 8 type community) in an increasingly gentrifying part of town.

Is this typical or is this quite high?

I highly recommend self managing.

I keep hearing examples about paying contractors $15k for a rehab that adds $40k of value, and similar numbers, which seems highly unlikely to me.

Areas like Bandon by the Sea Oregon for example, with one of the top public Golf Course's in the world, reminds me a lot of the Monterrey/Half Moon Bay Area and has attracted high net worth investors in recent years.

High 5's but still.