You can take a million things for free on YouTube and here on BiggerPockets and listen to podcasts before spending money on something that won't get you anywhere quicker.

Initially I managed renting it out but as soon as I used a decent realtor it made it so much quicker and raised the rental amount.

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. 

Any resolution to share the costs would need to acknowledge the restricted nature of the common elements involved, such as the windows."

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?