Your sellers can finance it themselves and get closer to the list price, they will make more money with the financing, be more flexible, possibly and take a second note on the down payment which can be shorter, spread out to their income, and possibly sell it quicker. 

My husband and I are still in the “education” phase of our real estate journey, but we plan to buy our first propert no later than 2020 - quicker if we can save up capital faster than projected.

Putting floors in first will make the installation quicker and easier.

I have wired many houses on my own (with permits pulled and passed) but when I decided to make this a legit business I had to do it all correct and use licensed people.RE license will save on the buy side and help get you in doors quicker. 

It looks like one thing I need to work on putting together is a system to analyze properties quicker with a pro forma setup just for that purpose instead of one thats more detailed like I would for just a single building. 

Working on developing those relationships to ensure quicker turn time on this next one.

agree, better resolutions pictures would be helpful 

I'm looking to start with a duplex and scale up quicker that way.

If you give him 50% he is going to disappear quicker than Joey Chestnut can make a hot dog disappear. 

All of the aforementioned will kill off your drain field quicker than you can say, "Oh sh*t!".