Speeding is illegal.

To speed things up, get a sale contract and place the full amount in escrow and have the escrow agent notify the trustee and the lender, no contingencies in the contract, cash sale.

The best ones are the ones that monitor credit scores for sourcing deals because those lists beat the other ones for speed...if you are fishing from the same pond as every other investor you will have too much competition to get quality deal flow.

If you need a contractor to help you get up to speed on how much a rehab is going to cost you should consider paying him for his time.  

Or do most people offer a 30 day close and just speed things up after they find the buyer ? 

I have always been happy with dirt cheap signs quality, cost and speed wise. 

Scott Carson just had a big deal and it was web basedEddie speed  charges like big money guru's charge  not sure how good his stuff is.bottom line just like you did.. this business of buying notes to me is not like other passive or any other kind of investing.. it takes much more energy... and really if your going to put all that time and energy into it .. you need to scale like your talking about.. to simply think your going to buy NPN or Super high yield notes like your buying a rental house IE they are all over the place.. well that thinking is flawed.for most there are great companies selling performing notes that will beat most folks returns on rentals on an strictly APR rate... .Along with simply loaning your money as a private lender ..

I have found that speed is important in getting a deal.

What could I do to speed up the process?

You will want to consider things like their speed of processing and their fees, but the quality I like best, is a custodian that is reachable, when you call or email someone always answers.