Thanks Paul, I've been inundating myself with various Bigger Pockets sources to get up to speed.

(That's an important question for EVERY property you buy).At the start, you will likely have to wait 6 months for each successive refi, but once you get a few under your belt, with accordingly increased ongoing cash-flow, the seasoning periods might be able to be applied to earlier properties once further appreciation kicks in too, allowing you to speed up your deal-making regimen?

Somehow, none of the necessary infrastructure was completed to  make either of those work ( you need high speed transportation to LAX and/or downtown LA). 

The lender I use on all of my deals is on speed dial and speed text whenever I have questions and he is happy to do so since I bring him so much business.

I track down their phone number and call them after my direct mail piece is sent stating that I'm just calling to follow up. 2) Speed - a) Are you picking up your phone on the first or second ring or are you sending them to voicemail?

As an analogy, your car has many gauges indicating speed, RPM, engine temperature, oil pressure etc; your task is to make sure that they are indicating the proper value for your car's current situation and position.  

@J Beard, I understand your concern and agree with you to a certain extent although I don't consider someones reputation to be destroyed because they drive 60 mph in a 55 zone - going over the speed limit is also known to be illegal and could be considered un-ethical.

It’s tedious to get a good list built right now using manual research through public records, but I have programmer friend working on a tool to scrape the public record sites to help me speed up the process.

@Devlin Harding  The key is to line up the initial acquisition financing that allows you to leverage your available capital to do more acquisitions than you can on your own, with a lender that is as invested in your success as you are, and can execute fast enough to give you a speed to market advantage.  

Unfortunately this seems like one of the only viable options for me because of financial restrictions, but that's why I'm looking for any other creative ideas that anyone has so I can speed up my momentum and acquisition rate.