Is it possible to increase your income with your current full time job to get the down payment yourself quicker? 

Is the floor Scraper quicker?

  ^ To touch on this point, Jerome Powell just recently said this exact thing as one of his two trains of thoughts:To hold rates longer, and put some weight on it OR to jump up it quicker and hit it down hard faster. 

It's going to come quicker than folks think.

@Ian Rysdale I think you will find credit unions to have less red tape and are much quicker.

This way the tenant rent could pay for part of the renovations as well or the tenant could just reduce your mortgage payment so you gain wealth quicker to keep purchasing properties. 

Quicker than single family How did you find this deal and how did you negotiate it?

Hey Christine,Sounds like a refi/rehab bridge loan and they can generally close those a bit quicker. 

The latter will be pushed by your lack of a job or pursuit for quicker financial freedom.

I've made my program investment back way quicker than I thought.