Im sorry, im used to short cuts..texting..lol.  

I dont see any short cuts here other than a private lender but you will have a high interest rate and eventually you have to refinance anyway.

No short cut to riches unless you win the lottery or your family leaves it to you.

There is no quick shortcut to success in any aspect of real estate (unless you consider selling these courses and "knowledge" as real estate).  

There is no short cut for hard work and learning by doing it by trial and error.

In excel calculating yield can be very lengthy formulas if you do it properly - there are shortcuts that get you close but to calculate true yield you need to input revenue and expenses by month

Some contractors have always been trying to get away with shortcuts but it just feels like it's a lot more these days.

While I am spending more on the contractor, it's less out of pocket and the contractor has an equitable interest which gives them an incentive to not take short cuts, provide quality work, and meet deadlines.

If he takes a haphazard attitude and a deal falls apart and doesn't know the prudent lending aspects he may be doing something else.

The big shortcut to get to budget is using rolled laminate garbage and this is an enormous mistake because when all the units are done and repositioned for sale the next buyer will walk the units and they will look like the flooring you had in the unit before the remodel.