HML's and Private Money for speed, Conforming market for lower costs.I hope this was useful information,~Jonathan

Make sure that the building can or does have a T1 line for internet (or something with high speed) as most newer offices use that as well as some of the equipment might as well. 

You're off to a great start, and I'm sure you'll find a lot of ideas here on biggerpockets if you want to speed things up

As an investor - those are not your prospects - they cannot "buy" what you are selling.There are 3 MOTIVATORS leading someone to sell to an investor at a discount:1) SPEED - they are in a hurry, cannot wait to sell via retail, because they need...2) CASH - for some reason, perhaps medical, business related, who knows, plus3) DISTRESSED PROPERTY - they either don't want to make the repairs or simply have no money to make them, so their house is unlikely to pass an FHA inspection, so people cannot buy it with an FHA or conventional home loan (hence, the need to sell to a cash buyer).As an investor, you want to reach out to people with the message that you can deliver FAST CASH and there is NO NEED TO MAKE REPAIRS, you buy "as-is".  

We have done this before, especially for wheel chair people where you basically build what looks like a speed bump. 

If you would like to speed up the learning process, you can shadow a successful wholesaler to try and avoid some common missteps.  

I would like to figure out a way to speed things up if possible.

The same realty agent who sold it to me told me she would put it back on the market for 100-120k depending on the speed I wished to sell it after she saw the renovations.This house was purchased with it being a rental in mind.

My goal is to earn about $3k per month in "passive" income through rental properties within the next few years (my original goal was 5 years, but I want to speed that up to 3).

I'm hoping my REI business will pick up some speed by the time I graduate so I can either start my life debt free or get a head start on paying it before graduation.