Team of people watching notifications and contacting guests and if necessary going out to property to address issues.

Could work, but remember people that need hard money usually need it for a reason.

And this is a biggee wading through the fake lenders or the Joker brokers that tell you what you want to hear  but cant get the deals funded and you lose the deal and a lot of money.3. with actual PML  private people  usually have very limited funds so cant scale with them.. they can have a life event and just stop doing loans all together..

Which is not easy for possible for many people (like your husband).Once you really know what to do, the risk level drastically reduces.

People?

Or even just use the FB group where people bring deals for a finders fee, you evaluate and then pay a % to a TC to help close the deal.

There are a lot of great resources here and around the web for people looking to invest in Birmingham.

Overall, CRE is tough in finding deals right now regardless of asset class, and people are pessimistic about the next few years.  

My first home was 6% and my wifes was 8%, so people looking at 7% today as crazy - that was normal.

@David Overcash I am sure we do know some of the same people.