My long term goal is the same (hold) but I'm thinking that doing rehabs for a few years may accelerate my ability to obtain more rentals faster.

This will give me more access to cash so I can perform more investments at a faster pace.On HUD housing, I was previous unaware of what this is.

You can bet you're not getting a specialized contract devised by a 5K an hour heavy weight, court seasoned ball bashing, attorney!

But if you want speed there are schools who are About 9 days faster to finish. 

I heard a retired ATF agent saying on TV that an individual selling a gun accross state lines could be in violation of federal law, but that if convicted it had the same weight as selling livestock and was a small fine.

I think my desire to make things happen faster than the plan you layed out will take me more towards finding those rare seller finance deals.

We were typing at the same time, but he typed faster!

Faster?

Either can bring you wealth over the long haul if structured appropriately, it's just a question of how fast you want (or need) to grow...MF absolutely provides a unique opportunity to scale much faster for the reasons you've already stated above.

The other assets are used to try to get there faster.