.- To wrap this up a bit quicker... project was over 2 years behind schedule.

A few hours later the upstairs tenant  ran some water in the kitchen sink, causing a 2nd smaller/quicker backup.

Not commenting to try to tell you what you should have done (and it wouldn't have prevented tenants from inventing a story, just made it quicker to get them out), only wondering if others have used tenant estoppels for this purpose.

Solo 401k plans are often quicker to set up and cost less money over time compared to most self-directed IRAs. 

In my county dispossessory filings have continued throughout this pandemic (although at a slower pace).The benefit of using an attorney familiar with evictions is that a formal letter from one sometimes tends to light that fire under a tenant hesitate to vacate quicker than a landlords effort.

Private money lenders have higher rates, around 8-9%, but are quicker. 

This tactic usually won't work for very long since no one makes payments and we can get in rem even quicker.

Profits come after you have recovered ALL of your cost, so the less that comes out of your pocket, the less the property cost you, and the quicker you get to making a profit.

I would agree (with my limited knowledge) that the smaller offices would be quicker to fill.

There are many great ways I've learned about scaling your portfolio quicker!