But I would prefer to move faster.....Debt is cheap....Make your money make money.  

I was wondering does it seem irrational to quit my job so that I can knock out my license faster and plunge into real estate full time as quickly as possible. 

@Matt Miller I'd pay someone that can do it faster than you.

Whether you go to college or not, you need to come out the gate hustling faster than your peers.

I have a contractor friend that is really good and I may even go once or twice a week to be an extra set of hands to make it go faster/cheaper since he wouldn't need to pay me.

I was hoping for a general guideline to weed out properties faster, but for now, I'm pretty much just taking a listing from my realtor, running the numbers, trying to hammer my numbers down, and seeing how the Sacramento market actually plays out.For example, one of my first properties I ran numbers through had a 0.6% cap rate, but I was factoring in 10% cap ex, repairs, and vacancy.

I **think** (but am not 100% certain) that if you had two loans with the same term but different rates, that you could get the correct answer by using the weighted average cost of debt and leaving the number of compounding periods unchanged.I'm not sure how to structure the calculation if both rate and term are different.

If you want to go faster than cash flow and investable capital allows, you raise money?  

Other commercial properties in the area sell faster but I'm thinking this one is taking so long because they're asking $4,700,000.

I'm looking at their Gemini I carpet (58 oz face weight) that seems to be a good deal at $1.99 per sq ft.