An easy way to get started; have someone else pay your mortgage to build equity faster,  and then if you move or ready for your next property you now have two rental ready units.  

With residential owner occupieds, you and your financials will have more weight in the deal rather than the property itself. 

Always go with your gut... if your gut says no its a hard definite no... work on taking the emotion out of your business it will truly help you get further in real estate faster... 

Ground-up goes much faster.   

Even within the MLS options, there are flat fee options, and I thought it would be interesting to discuss.My point of view: using an agent will get you faster results, more eyes on the property, more offers, better marketing, and save you the time of having to host showings.Let's have fun!

Paying for them can be, but is not always, a way to get them faster. 3) this forum has a lot of knowledge, but also a lot of hot air. 

I got into wholesaling as a side hustle to help pay off student loans faster (which has been a success!)

This way you could roll the $50k into much more properties faster and leverage your husbands presumably decent salary to help qualify for loans. 

I just am thinking in the longer run, that if I finance after I repair this one that I’ll be able to pull more out and have a larger position to offer on the next one, and perhaps get a bigger deal.Trying to weigh if that would be more advantageous, or if being able to move faster on a similar deal at the same price but sooner would be more advantageous. 

We also decided to stop contributing to them in order to save for a down payment faster.