Yes it speeds up the process i had my lifetime in 6 days and two of the days was the weekend. The lady at L1 told me my prints would be would be at the state police by the time i pulled out of the parking lot
I use a site called auctionzip.com to find auctions. When you go to that site you can put your zip code in and how far you want to drive and it will give you a list of auctions in that range