The ones I've found have the best value were ultimately side-hustles for the founder, and they were making most of their money from their real estate. 

.: Most Hard money likely will not be interested due to owner occupancy (OO).  

LLCs tend to be beneficial for financing options if using hard money as it can be required depending on the program.

Out of state investors can do really well here, but you can also lose a decent chunk of money if you buy wrong.Lots of out of state investors, especially those from California get a little blindsided because everything here is so cheap it all looks like a guaranteed great deal.

And how much money are you making in your current job that you would want to replace with your real estate income?  

They reversed the transaction initiated by the hacker and I can withdraw the money from my account.

By creating a process, you can prevent these issues from taking place and save yourself a lot of time, trouble, and money.

The Retainer Fee is credited towards whatever they buy from us in the 90 days, so in effect, costs them nothing.Note: we're not doing this to make money, but to avoid the time-wasters.

You don't need to make all your money on your first deal.

A good condo board should be saving money for larger projects as they are known in advance (eg every 25 years you need a new roof).