Are there global hard money lenders?

My only advice to you is be careful and apply the same intellectual rigor to your efforts that you do your profession.  

There is so much that can go unexpectedly wrong that having cash-on-hand will be a huge resource and the best way to not dig yourself into a financial disaster of having no money to pre-fund draw payments to keep renovation efforts going.

Currently I manage global operations teams in media measurement and analytics, which is my current day job and sometimes night and weekend jobs.Real estate interests me as a hobby and as a potential alternative to investing in stocks, bounds, and cash.

With that said, this is a long game and the ones who are successful are the ones who consistently put the effort in over time. 

Do NOT take action until you have a solid plan.Do not go driving for dollars just because most people tell you to do so, and because you need to take action.If you really want to take action you do this.1) Do research on all the lead generation strategies you can think of and put them in an excel spreadsheet.2) Find out what the cost /deal is.3) Find out what the Cognitive cost/deal is4) Pick the right method based on point 2, and 3, that works for you.5) Save up money till you have they (monetary) Cost/deal x a factor of safety around 1.5 6) THEN spend money/effort getting deals.No matter what the heck you do, if you do not start with these 6 steps you ARE WINGING IT!!!

She may have "assumed" that you didn't know how to run comps, build a buyers list, etc but seeing how you didn't know that a lead list would include off-market properties, it's safe to assume you have some larger holes in your knowledge base that you should address before spending money on marketing efforts...Youtubers like Max Maxwell, Brent Daniels, Sean Terry ALL provide good information but also can't explain the important details of wholesaling in a quick video.

make an effort, not an excuse."

Aside from the hideous amount of paperwork you will incur (city, state, and federal tax, license, reporting, and certificate requirements), it will take Herculean efforts to make them operate like fully functional businesses enough to prevent courts from "piercing the corporate veil" if ever sued.

He declared the effort worthwhile, claiming that mortgage corruption in metro Atlanta is rampant and inflates housing costs for all."