Typically this means they will take longer to close, may not have all the information of the companies they work with, and most hard money brokers get their money by taking an existing product and adding extra points to pay their fee.

While Yardi Breeze, Yardi Voyager, and MRI each have maintenance programs built into their software directly or via "extra" modules, they each have limited functionality.

It will cost you an extra 15% of the sale price if you're not a resident.

I figured even if I paid a little extra.

Just my take, but these partners would have to be easy going and valuable to the transaction for the extra work and risk they represent.  

Or take the extra 50% to save to buy a duplex or SFR to house hack.  

Just making sure that you're positioned in a good location with easy, quick access to the beaches is going to go a long ways and be worth the extra you'll pay for the home to be closer.

From a financing perspective, although rates are low, you must consider the extra overlays and conservative LTV's.

If you make $100 extra per month from her (or someone else), what is the return vs. just leaving it as is? 

So it's a bit of a gamble in my opinion as opposed to hard money loan,  and you better make sure you have extra good deal.