So I think utilizing a little bit of debt to speed up our acquisitions will be advantageous since we should have renters without too much trouble we hope that will cover the payments.

I've been listening to Brandon and Josh at 1.5-2x speed commuting 4-5 hours a week (lol, it's true, people think I'm nuts when they hear me) and tackling a little bit of reading (as much as I can with a 20 month old and a 2 week old at home.)  

Experience, speed and reasonable cost are positive attributes and the ability/willingness to handle double/simultaneous closes would be very handy.  

My systems even tell me speeding tickets nationwide.

so down to 900 a month less than 250 a week to feed cloth and do some other things.. this is why most have very little savings if any and one speed bump and you dont get your rent.. just remember when the federal govmit shut down what stress that put on workers who went one month with out a check.Now do the math and that 1400 dollar rental to get in the door your at 4200 a month combined. 

After you find a tenant, you can either keep the PM on to manage the tenant, or find a reliable repair firm that you keep on speed dial.

Are there any other tips to speed this process of credit building up?

The 1st position and 2nd position lender need to go back and forth, at the speed of molasses, and collectively confirm that they can put a deal together between themselves that's less crummy than just foreclosing on the seller. 

@Mindy JensenThe term is "Delayed Financing Exception", which I found here: https://www.biggerpockets.com/blogs/5110/46871-buy-rent-rehab-refinance-cash-out-refinance-delayed-financingStill looking for the Podcast by re listening in 1.5x speed.

I am not up to speed on Judicails as well as Trustee sales.