Anyone heard a rumor on when a repair manual will be for sale?

 

Nope, not yet.

http://www.bentleypublishers.com/min...r-s/index.html

 

https://www.minitis.com/


Closest thing I could find. But its expensive, and I'm not even sure whats in it.

 

MINI only uses web based repair manuals now. You can buy access to the official database depending on how long you need access to it.

I've found a lot of good info on this website:
https://www.newtis.info/tisv2/a/en/

Not sure what the parity is between this one and the official TIS, but worth a look before you go throwing money down.