It has been amazing for speeding up my acquisition of property. 

Search hard money lenders in your area and talk to them about their lending criteria and speed.

Maybe go with my original strategy, live for free or very low rent, and use the money i would be using for rent to speed up my debt expenses.

There is a lot of time to bring someone up to speed to split a deal with them. 

For example, an industrial utlility customer is at a lower rate usually than residential rates and when those bills are 50K a month or such, discounts are used to speed up collections.Lastly, folks really need to pass thier agreements by an attorney and not take ideas off forums where state laws vary.

However I thought I read your taking 4-6 months to rehab projects and even at 3200 square feet you should be able to speed that up slightly which will make you more money which less holding cost on the rehab side.

There's a lot of different niches where you can learn the business.Get yourself up to speed on prices.

You've made a good decision to invest in the Atlanta metro market, but I'm a little surprised at the speed of your purchase

I recently have found an investor/partner which will speed up my start in investing.

Everyone’s WHY will be different, but it’s important to determine it and have it clear in your mind because it will be the driving force that keeps you going full speed ahead when times get tough!