You’ll have to have your ducks in a row to give you the ability to act with enough speed, especially with FCFS deals.

I figured that realtors might have higher transaction flow, which would speed up learning.

I'm willing to bet Goodyear and Buckeye are places 90% of America has never heard of, but both are ranked in the top 10 of fastest growing cities in the US. 

@Lesley Resnick it is heading that way in breakneck speed.

Thank you re: DTI, but regarding speed I can have the HELOC sitting around w/o gaining interest and pull the trigger anytime, while the mortgage is linked directly to the I investment property, no?

Hi everyone, I feel like the closer I am to pulling the trigger with my first home purchase the more unanswered questions I have about making this go right or faster. I will make this as short as I can but will try to...

HAR data shows it’s one of the fastest growing areas in the central part of the city. 

God Speed

Speed is also often an advantage with seller financing.  

That IS the fastest way, period!