Unless there is a some urgency or distress , there may not be a bid variance for the seller in taking less for cash offer ( number 1) as the net effect of proceeds will be similar. 

Three immediate reasons come to mind:  1) by talking about it all the time, you create focus for yourelf (ideally) and hopefully a sense of urgency, 2) you create a sense of accountability, since you keep yakking about it, people hopefully will check in with you to see how it's going, and 3) those friends and family and others may bring you a deal. 

I now understand the importance of quality team members with a sense of urgency.  I’m looking for recommendations for the following.

I usually add on special terms, that inspection period does not begin until access has been granted to the property, financials and leases have been given to the buyer, this helps with the urgency since inspection is contingent on these things, so if they take 5 days to give them to you, your inspection starts then, and your not at any risk of losing EMD.

Quite often they have bidding wars and all of the urgency and scarcity is created by them through the journal their clients or interested investors go on.  

Preferably someone with experience and a good sense of urgency.

Essentially, the same way that you would get them with smaller deals, but by dealing with savvy investors that won't typically have the same urgency that many smaller property owners do. 

I'm closing on a three unit in Allentown on Chew street and 12th this Friday. and just received the report from the city inspection.They are asking for the removal of the oil tank in the basement which is something I was thinking of doing but saw no urgency about.

I'll start working my side hustles with urgency however, the virus and ensuing panic is now getting me worried I'll bite off more than I can chew. 

My suggestion -- not my reasoned legal advice, merely a suggestion -- is that landlords should not make motions based on 'economic harm' unless they are prepared to back up, in detail, the nature and extent of both the harm and the urgency.