If there are any Bay Area RE clubs, I would love to hear about them.During office hours I am a hardware/software engineer working for an Inteligent Building company.

There are also companies that sell kits for egress windows so you can get the frame and window, the well, grate and hardware. 

Once you find the maximum limit you see if there are programs matching your wallet.

I’d stop by a hardware store with a picture and ask.

I was able to make an absurd amount of money by swing trading and doing a ****-load of research an i niche, highly unusual asset class (a company that effectively had a monopoly on oddly-shaped foam pieces/packaging for computer hardware during the PC boom).I was 8 and didn't know any better, so got out at 9 and saved it all.

Interior Doors: Pretty self explanatory, I have interior doors, hardware and Misc.For my house I carried $800.00.9.) 

Buy two locks with matching keys or get them keyed to match by a locksmith or a hardware store so you only have to issue one key to access both of your doors.Schlage F80 ELA Elan Keyed Storeroom Leverhttps://www.americanlocksets.com/schlage-f80-ela-e...

Certain investors are tightening up their wallets right now and not moving on deals.     

One of my Vendors in the deep south was looking at a property this is a solid C class area were all these homes tend to be.. two youths walking up the street he turned his back on them next thing he knows he has a pistol in his back and is relieved of his wallet.. these were 16 or 17 YO.... 

You can also try posting an add for part time work on Craigslist, or if it is a more rural community you can call some local churches and see if they know of a retired person that might be interested in helping, do the same with local hardware stores.