This is a career move for me so I need to make sure that I take my time and really do my homework on the first couple and I'm sure that I will learn how to stream line the process and be able to move along quicker after I have a few under my belt.

(would have been quicker but buyer's lender was late to close) After all costs, including private lending costs, I pocketed over $35k.

Nothing gets your head out of your a$$ quicker than writing big checks that you don't want to.

A premium unit means you can get out quicker when it comes time to sell.

When flipping houses in short time periods do you believe it is better to contract the services (i.e. painting, landscaping, and minor improvements on the scenario that the house was only needing minor cosmetic improvement and you were able to get it at an undervalued price) to get the job done quicker and more professionally so as to have it back on the market quicker which in turn will shorten the months in which you will pay the mortgage payments on the house, or is it better or equal to do the actual jobs yourself?

It enables me to get better deals and close quicker because I am a cash buyer.

The tenants will wear it out quicker than you can imagine.

I look at the ratio of cost vs. time, sometimes it is quicker for me to do some things myself and other times I save a lot of time by hiring the work out.

If you are just funding a hold period then other financing makes more sense (lower up front costs being a clue).If you are holding they you also have to consider dropping the price or offering other incentives to move the property quicker.

Not so much because I'm pendantic about those points (although I am), but because posts that are easy to read will get a quicker, more reasoned answer.Also (and I mean the following in the best way), spelling will not catch the things that were in your original post.feed back***feedback is one word..."