We've looked at everything on the MLS right now, and none of them are actually a good deal or the good deals are moving faster than we've been able to get to.

Yet most, not all of the places the agent is prepared to show me don't really fit my criteria outside of being in my price range. although I'd rather move faster, I don't mind a bit of patience for something I want to come up.

At first it is slow, but after you have 5 of them rented, the savings rate will be much faster.

Not to mention it seems like a great way to raise capital and do more deals more quickly and therefore gain experience faster. 

The local tenants tend to move faster but rent per sq ft is much less and when you sell cap rate tends to be higher on resale so less equity.Smaller box spaces they can act within 6 months time or less. 3 months time is more mom and pop or regional type tenant concepts from LOI, to lease execution, build out, getting certificate of occupancy, and starting to pay rent.Having ongoing corporate financial reporting and personal financials will be a key to looking at the health of a business way before they have to give notice to renew the option periods.

I mean if you have a plumbing Business you would target places you could fix faster cheaper then another investor, right?

Preferably in the next 5 years or so.I would retire today and live on about $40,000 per year and stay within the 4% SWR.I can pay off about $10,000 per month on the properties.What should I do to get there faster? 

Sure, it will be faster to commute, thereby theoretically changing how far away people can live on the same average commute times. 

However, there is almost always a learning curve so the more properties you flip the easier and faster it will be to flip the next one. 3.

Though it does take slightly longer and a tad more grout, it is not significant enough to make a difference.That said, since this is a rental, white tile with white or grey grout may get nasty faster in a rental than an owner occupant home do I would stick with your larger tiles.