This leads me to ask the following questions:- What type and what volume of data do you use in your real estate investing?

I know A class PM companies in our area that charge 4 to 6% total .. of course they have over 5k doors so it does make a difference on what kind of volume you have.    

Will pricing and volume remain the same in future years as it is now?

@Christopher SteinerTo some degree, the better solution will depend on your volume of activity and dollar threshold. 

Ultimately, we’d just like to manage the project so we can take on more volume.

I took your recommendation and have just orders "BRRRR" and both the Multi-Family Millionaire volumes.

I would recommend getting your real estate license and working for a high volume agent after you are licensed on their team.This will help you learn more about the real estate locally, practice the skills of real estate and hopefully make more than minimum wage.You can also offer to help real estate investors invest in properties locally as well and take a commission.

They do not give volume discounts.

@Slocomb Reed, you can search numerous threads or Dodd Frank regulation, but what you will find can be summarized as followsDodd Frank Act, and administrative rulings by the Consumer Financial Protection Agency, are unbelievably numerous, hard to interpret, subject to subjective judgements, have harsh and draculon penalties for even small or inadvertent infractions, and cases are being pursued by trail attorneys both as individual cases and as part off class action.So, a lender set up to do a huge volume of personal mortgage loans may find the risk acceptable, the enormous investment in compliance and personnel  and procedures a cost of doing business.Private lenders do not have the time, money, staff or risk tolerance to be in this market. 

From my observation, hard money lending seems to require more industry knowledge and deal volume than syndication passive investing - but I say that as a syndicator and passive syndication investor, without HML experience.For syndications, I like "What Every Real Estate Investor Needs to Know About Cash Flow...