The challenge is I am not extremely familiar with Boise but am doing quite a bit of research in an attempt to get myself up to speed.

Does anyone have advice on seeking out people (RE agents, escrow officers, inspectors, contractors, loan officers, etc.) who are willing to work at our speed? 

I've been reading a couple books, TONS of articles, and many podcasts (on 2x speed of course).

I don't have the funds right now to purchase a note, but thought working for a company would speed up the learning curve versus doing it on your own.  

So for this first venture I expect it to take a bit more time to get off the ground, and to refine the process and speed things up as I learn the what to dos and not too dos.

This would free up cash flow to speed up your acquisitions of additional properties and give you a rental right out of the gate.I am using my VA for a triplex, where we will live for a year and then buy a house (using FHA) to live in for the long-term.

Good contacts will speed up your process and help with your success.

Also I'm just trying to problem solve because I'm fresh out of school and don't have huge reserves saved up yet so I'm just trying to speed things along by creativity.Also I've worked with Habitat a few times and that's a great program to learn building systems but I'm actually an architectural engineer so I have a good feel for construction, codes, etc. but I for sure recommend it to people starting out!

What are your minimum lease terms, how long have current tenants been in place, how does the PM in question handle turnover (speed?)

Ive calculated that at my current pace it would take about 2 years from now to save enough for an FHA 3.5 - 5% down to get a house hacking duplex. then i would do any value adding repairs over then next 1-2 years to refinance out of PMI and ideally rent out my live in unit to generate cash flow then repeat with a new duplex/triplex.Getting my license, finding a mentor and co listing deals on the weekends may help speed up that process.