This allow you to cash out much quicker and reduce your holding costs, especially if you're using hard money.  

The quicker I can get through the courses and start preparing for the exam the better.

Are there thoughts on the best way to move a little quicker if we have, say $150k in capital in the Cincinnati area where smaller multi-families can easily be had for $40-$100k.My thought is to buy roughly 4 $100k multi-families for around 25% down plus minimal repairs.

That would drive more feedback on site related ideas, and you might delay something in order to move quicker on something else more popular.

After several successive treatments the smell was neutralized.I found this article that might be a quicker solution.

Different process, quicker.

With REOs there is a set proceedure to go through, they actually need to seek the highest price and then begin lowering the price, when they get to the payoff and costs they begin writing down, as time goes on there are automatic reductions on the books.SS are simply an agreement to take less than the payoff and write off the amounts immediately, it could very well be less costly, but even as they drag their feet, it's quicker and eaiser than a FC sale where they venture into the unknown.

It's really the only way to scale and grow quicker. 

. $100k house will sell way quicker than a $2mil apt complex.

What about in a buy and hold situation where the property value is already in line with the market value, is it more preferable to keep the cash or throw it back into the mortgage to reduce interest expense, build up equity quicker and do a refinance?