I have one so far and became a Realtor to accelerate my progress.

I'm sure you've squared away your 1099-MISC forms already and sent them out to whomever needs to receive them, but in case you like to wait to the last minute, be aware that for 2016 they may need to be filed as soon ...

Once you have multiple properties done you can get a line of credit to accelerate your buying.

In Texas, for example, the limitations period is four years from acceleration of the mortgage debt.

Alex Winder If you get a multi family (or anything), and don't mind roommates, one way to accelerate your savings is to rent out individual rooms in your unit.

This is a powerful tactic that helps to significantly accelerate the speed at which one can grow a portfolio.In 2012 I purchased my first MF investment property in the Lower Greenville neighborhood of Dallas, TX.  

I believe I could come up with enough downpayment money to purchase at least one home per year outside of Boulder (i.e. 400k and under) and might consider a partner on first few deals to accelerate things.

You might be missing out on important deductions like accelerated depreciation on some of those updates you did.

Otherwise, I agree that you should add lines on your spreadsheet for after tax cash flows.You might want to look into cost segregation accounting as means of accelerating depreciation in early years.

I am accelerating my higher rate (5%), higher risk (callable & adjustable) commercial loans, but my low fixed rate residential I am just keeping to term.