The tenant wanted in right away, said they would do the painting to help me out and speed up the process.

Having a good SOW completed and shopping for bids during the closing period will speed things along as well.

What should I do next so I can speed up this process and feel like im actually doing something productive?

@Nixon VayupakEven though technically I dont live far from Iola cant tell you much about it other than Iola will not have a "war zone" ...ha - this is a small country town and I'd really review your figures on ARV - you could have bought a meth house, a house where someone had 15 dogs/cats living inside, Grandmas house thats extremely dated with the original 1940 decor, to hitting a homerun with a house someone really cared about and kept up well and everything in between.You'll have a challenge finding contractors and more than likely if you do have local ones they will work at their own speed/pace.  

I am actually considering getting a new job that I could potentially make more money at to speed up the saving process.I have heard on multiple podcasts that many have gotten their real estate license prior to investing and purchasing their first deal.

Investment Info:

Small multi-family (2-4 units) buy & hold investment.

My first US Property. A duplex in Detroit. Startin classy !!
It's a turnkey property, which I would like to get away from soon, but ...

In terms of renting out your prospective property as a section 8 I would not consider myself an expert on these terms as a real estate investment consultant therefore, I wanted to help speed up your process.

If yes, you will safe some money in this case.Next is - consider well to take a shorter amortized time for mortgage 20 years will work here.Good speed.

I believe we're actually running at speeds that we haven't yet seen on the site.So, after a week and a half of chaos around here, it looks like we're back in business.

While you are doing that, start getting up to speed on real estate investment opportunities.The fact that you purchased a business that is only 6 months old and think you can put it on 'auto pilot' says a lot about your understanding of business.