If you are rolling the rehab into the loan it may be more efficient to roll it into capex than to have higher operating costs for repainting. 

I drew up the floor plan of the upstairs for my personal space and efficiency apartments.

and system would be more efficient, but it will cost quite a bit more. 

- If you refi to invest in mutual funds make sure you do it in a tax efficient manner...You could easily pay just as much tax on the mutual fund side of things as you would on the RE side... and at least with the RE side it is easy to predict the taxes. 

What have you guys found is the most time efficient way to search and analyze deals?

Most full time investors find apartment buildings and commercial properties more profitable and more efficient to deal with.

Open house 90% of the time.Easier and more efficient use of time. 

I offer such a plethora of ways tenants can pay the rent, yet THEY so often take it upon themselves to choose the most difficult and least time-efficient way possible.Case in point. 

We shopped lenders for tenths of percents on our first couple and are now feeling the effects of significant hard credit inquiries.To be able to continue BRRRR through even your conforming loan limits you'll need to be efficient at every step of the way.

I did; However, arrange my classes as efficiently as possible.