.** My business law Prof did a unit on tortes and according to her there is less than 1/10th of 1% chance any private business person will be involved in, much less lose, a law suit costing more than $50,000. 

I'll send you a private message with someone to contact.

Mls, broker or private portals like hubzu foreclosure.com and other ?

I suspect this is more for passive cap gain type stuff.. not ordinary income for those in the industry.. and or might work for the private individual who does this totally passive IE a broker brings them a note..

I can’t get into specifics, but say you a personal connection to access private lenders through a private equity firm...what would you be doing? 

I have a few bucks kicking around and some private money guys as well. 

Either your cash, hard money cash, or private lender cash.

I have excellent credit, no debt and am new to private lending.

The other outlier is they are located on a private road and taxes are on the higher side.

Currently for Owner occupied I get 4.5 or below and 5-5.25 for investment properties with loans at 300K or higher, Check out a private local bank or chase who matches rates possibly.