I love a good challenge but I don’t know if the “juice is worth the squeeze” on this one.

Depending on their system this could be fruitful...or incredibly frustrating.Another option is to use a "List Service" and pay for the information.

You are now purely collection the fruits of all the trees you have planted and which are now fully grown.

Lock it up in contract and let the juices start flowing. 

An ice cold juice and a happy customer would be enough incentive for me.

There are deals to be had, but there's not much low hanging fruit.

The next phase of your investing may have to extend out of state, if the housing cost are to high in your immediate local market, their are ample markets where housing is very affordable and investment opportunities can be very fruitful.

I would like to see some of the fruits now.

When investors are doing stuff like this they don't get to work with the successful agent, they get the low hanging fruit, plain and simple.

The problem is that the REI is going to be limited in both the number of refinances they can have at one time, and the total number of dollars they can have in loans at one time...and usually, the number of dollars is the bigger of the problems.The solution is credit partners, but the deal must have enough juice in it to satisfy all involved.