Any tips to kind of speed up this process?

Do you have the down payment shown or are you doing an exercise to get up to speed and learn?  

I’m also hiring a rent-ready rehabber/property manager to get the place fully up to speed.

The answer depends on the speed you can get a simple, professional website with basic information and a fillable form to capture customer data.

The advantage was clearly speed and that I was able to jump on a wholesale property that has continued to cash flow great for being our first rental.  

Do them both to speed it up.  

Truly aligned with the content of using Real Estate in order to retire at speeds decades ahead of what they teach you at school.I am currently looking for:-Expand my network with like minded individuals.  

I rent out an apt/condo, I rent out the rooms.Utilities are included with the rent..When doing this it's important to put on lease your utility Caps and to be clear.For example for water my cap is $50 anything above it gets divided by 4 (each tenant)What I notice is very important to these tenants is high speed internet they typically don't even watch Cable TV.

That should allow you to get bulk pricing and speed up the install, all of which cut costs.i'm local and am happy to discuss further.  

The edges on laminate eventually peel up, and if it gets wet, that just speeds up the process.