If you buy something that needs a little TLC you will reach that 20% equity that you're looking for a lot faster when it is renovated.

When wholesalers take customer service seriously, they get a lot of repeat business (faster money for less work).

The takeaway here is the tighter the inventory, the faster units will rent and usually at higher prices.

Right now they are converting one of their crude units to produce biodiesel fuel. 

I’ve already purchased one turnkey buy and hold property, but want to begin scaling faster.

Some people don't mind this, others are bothered and use backup heating systems to get faster heat-up times, or just keep their heat pumps set to the same temperature 24 hours a day.Definitely pay for an energy efficiency audit, the kind that checks insulation and air sealing, before you pay for any efficiency upgrades.

You would like the vacancy/deadbeat side to go down faster than the CapEx increases.So look at your market and figure out carrying costs for vacancies and deadbeats, ASSUMING you have an extensive 203k loan rehab in the works.

Only flip for profits to fuel you're multi family pursuits.

As such, it doesn't really matter "if you would have got that customer anyways"...if they can get you that customer faster, then its worth paying the premium (to a point!). 

I’m a newbie real estate investor from Chicago. I bought a 4 flat in Chicago at the end of October and I’ve now saved up enough cash to put 20% down on an investment property in the same area as my current property. ...