Most popular investment markets are very competitive right now so the quicker you can evaluate a deal, the faster you'll be able to respond.

"a fuel surcharge", not a tax, but you will be paying more to Washington.  

I could theoretically buy more properties faster (I'd of course not take on more than I can handle), with just my income (I save a lot of my salary and live frugally). 

For me, I wanted to scale faster so I started with a duplex, then another duplex then a 12 unit, but it was all using the BRRRR strategy - recycling the same cash.

Yes, I know not much of a difference,  but by saving $4K per multi I can buy more at a faster rate.

Sometimes that timeframe feels too long, because I really would love to quit my W2 and focus my time on personal pursuits.Because I've circled back to turnkey as the most likely method for me, I've spent considerable effort on learning ways to make turnkey a better, faster investment.

The more valuable and helpful to others- the faster your business will grow.

I wonder what large complexes are going to look like in the next decade or if there will just be more super chargers and people just need to dedicate more time to fuel up.  

I have a meeting set up with a tax professional to see if I can put my independent contractor income under an LLC and then pay myself with a W2, that would speed things up, but I want to move faster than that.

That is incredibly attractive even to me and I am in no mood to purchase real estate for the foreseeable future; too many unforeseen, costly and rage-fueling repairs.If I were you, I would consider roofstock.com when it comes time to selling.