Obviously that puts you at more than an 80 hr work week, which is really not feasible IMO.

The gurus try to cover all that in usually less than an hour rather than 24.

If I keep my records/paper trail organized, my bank accounts separate, my letterhead separate, hold my company out to be a separate and distinct entity (not an exhaustive list), I will still likely be able to maintain asset protection.  

Right now, going on your own, the odds of you exhausting all of your leads before ever getting paid on one is like drawing in hopes of filling an inside straight.

I've yet to find one who had any depth of knowledge on building codes beyond the extremely obvious, could spot building violations beyond something extremely glaringly obvious and none of them have x-ray vision.Jetted tubs with no access to pumps, lack of required dedicated electrical circuits, missing outlets, dangerous electrical issues such as lighting in wet areas, wire nutted connections  together and buried in a wall, miss-wired electrical panels, extension cords used for wiring buried in walls, bathroom exhaust fans that aren't vented anywhere... that's just a tiny list in one small category that are witnessed over and over again in flips that had home inspectors involved in the sale. 

A flip in Beverly Hills has a very different flooring need than an apartment in Memphis.Whether it is Allure, laminate or tile, hard flooring surfaces are very popular with people suffering from allergies, and they last longer than carpet.Erik

And then I was just exhausted.  

All avenues of reset have been exhausted; some people just gotta go.

HMLs are about the last resort, the title lenders of RE, high interest, high points, short term collateral based commercial lending, certainly some are better than others, but I'd exhaust banks, credit unions, brokers with private money before looking at an established HML dealing on a national scale or even regionally.

I have full-time employees doing my renovations and repairs, so my costs are less than an investor who hires contractors.