Most hard money lenders will want to know about your track record - if you have no experience, partnering with someone who has a track record will likely be an easier path to approval (and likely higher leverage) than applying by yourself. 

What is that pain and suffering worth?  

High net worth LPs don't really like to reveal themselves on public forums.

And when the company you're suing has shut down and apparently has no money, is it even worth the effort?

Looks like they are all not getting along:Orange County Clerk of Courts Records Search (myorangeclerk.com)

Prices a few years ago were based on expectations of (in addition to interest rates staying low): - Then current operating cost assumptions (like insurance cost expectations being flat)- A seeming disregard for record levels of new inventory / supply hitting the market- Extremely high inbound migration expectations which are likely to not be met, due to both natural disasters and the boomerang effect when people from California or the Northeast move to the American South and hate every minute of the humidity, the large and relentless swarm of insects, and the occasional hurricane. 

Right now, you may be looking at it as scalable, but assembling a team without a track record is hard because some may end up being leeches.

If the eviction goes to court, then there is a record of that eviction on their file and it will make it harder for them to find another place to live (assuming the landlord does a background check).Not renewing the lease happens when either party decides they simply don't want to renew the lease. 

It will at least give you an idea if the PMs records are way off what you think they should be.

It's very important to perform your due diligence on the operators, the markets their operate it, ask for their past transactions, history of their track record.