You are all kinds of patient explaining to your 'professionals' as much as you have.As mentioned, there's no monetary value or gain for them knowing RI, unless you're stripping equity or selling to invest in securities. 

However,  to answer the part of your question that can be answered here,  I think Hard Money is proper if you plan to offer one or more of your rehabs as to secure a loan and you credit is suffering. 

For those of you doing direct mail, SMS texting , Cold Calling or RVM - wondering if anyone has head of a data provider or list provider who can provide a SPECIAL list or data info on municipal water departments water turn offs / or where one or some of the following might have happen: 1) Water Meter was locked (Not Public Record info)2) Water Utility Department is owed funds and thus a lien might have been placed against the property (now Public Record info) This could be fertile ground and an indication of a more serious problem associated with a property. ~ Michael Morrongiello

I have a client that I am working with here in Boston, but he is interested in a property out of state (Ohio) and they are having trouble securing financing. 

He signed the lease agreement for one year and gave a $600 security deposit.

I hope you kept the security deposit.

The whole point of investing is to make money and INCREASE your financial security. 

Think of all the things that could go wrong and see if the lease addresses them: unauthorized pets or tenants, early termination, security deposit, lease violations, late rent, eviction, lawn maintenance, parking, etc.5.

I had a former CEO insist on using his Gmail over his work email because he trusted Google more than the systems interanlly he was willing to pay for on the email security front.

The added benefit of this process is that you can also have your attorney sign the public records as "Nominee Trustee" before assigning yourself as the "Trustee" once the Trust has been established.