You'll find them a variety of ways: expired listings, landlords who have filed for eviction, probate sellers, pre-foreclosures, and as referrals from active agents, just to name a few methods.

Im trying to avoid a variety of hard pulls on my credit.

there Is this Website Called Bigger Pockets and there are all sorts of folks on it that deal in NOTES of all varieties.

In fact, a search on DuckDuckGo reveals BiggerPockets to occupy the first two results when searching for the phrase "house hacking". 

I initially thought I would loan money on a short term basis to a group that bought, rehabbed and sold properties, but discovered other opportunities once I networked with other local investors.With a variety of investment options, I met with real estate attorneys regarding required documents and to figure out what their involvement would be with each investment. 

@Tommy Pace I have done a variety of different splits.

I began my experience with Real Estate by connecting and discussing career paths with a variety of professionals from a CBRE broker, an alumni in wholesaling, and local investors.

I know my inspection and contractor quotes will reveal a lot more, but does anyone have experience with rehabs on a 140 year old property?

It also helps to build up a variety of team players for your future endeavors by checking out the company page here on Bigger Pockets to hook up with a few professionals in the area you need team support in.

If you like personal finance podcasts, I would recommend the new BiggerPockets Money podcast, as well as Radical Personal Finance (some of his episodes can be very long and drawn out, but there is such a variety of topics covered).