I have a daughter with some health issues and has a strict diet regime of prepared foods.

How do you balance the time it takes to vet borrowers—like site visits and calls—with the urgency of closing deals?

It's a balance!

I'm curious how you balance being thorough with moving quickly, especially in time-sensitive deals.

Those will usually not get you anywhere, but they will help lower your financial balances. 

Those neighborhoods have been popular  because they offer a decent balance between purchase price and rent potential.

You can typically borrow half of your 401k balance as a loan as long as you are working for that company still. 

For example, a high-cost market like California may be balanced by a more affordable, growing market like Alabama.2.

You can even create a balance sheet if you want to get crazy.I definitely recommend scanning all of your documents associated with the rental using a free app like Genius Scan and get those into some sort of digital document management platform such as Google Drive, Dropbox, etc.

How do you balance enjoying your life today and saving/investing for a better future?