I've been able to find a couple of good deals on time-building.

The first is a university flight club up north which has a 152 for $55 per hobbs hour wet and a 172 for $75 per hobbs hour wet.

I also found a guy down in Nevada who flies a Piper Lance who is willing to let me fly it and log PIC time when he goes places for $80 per hour, a 310 for $125 per hour and a Beech Duke for $140 per hour.

Would it be better for me to get to 250 as fast as possible with the 152 so I can get my commercial or would it be best to build quality time in the Lance and Multi in the 310/Duke even before I get my commercial?

Get the cheap time first in the 150, get your comercial, then work on getting -paid- to fly in the right seat of a twin to build more 'quality' time.

Agreed. Don't pay some to fly their airplane as if they are doing you a favor, it cheapens all of us. Not trying to be mean, but it's paying to work. $55/hr is a great rate and no one will care if it's in a 152.

The reason I ask is because if I end up getting my 250 hours and commercial...who is going to hire you if all you've got is 10 hours in a Seneca, and the rest in a 152/172???

Where if you're at 250 hours including 50 HP/Complex and 50 multi time...aren't you more likely to find work?

I'm with the other guys, rent the 152 and have fun flying where and when you want to. After you get the commercial worry about the multi time. The only work you're going to get with 250 and a wet commercial is single engine stuff anyway (CFI, banners, etc.)

I was actually thinking about doing my Instrument and my Multi at the same time so that by the time I get my commercial I would have 50-60 multi time. So you guys all say just get my commercial as fast as possible then focus on multi time?

Why not do a 141 commercial course to cut the required hours down to 190?

Yes. As previously posted your job offers are going to be limited at 250 hours not matter what you've been flying. At that low of time it's essentially irrelevant IMO, unless you know someone...

Because everywhere i've looked the cost at 141 schools is astronomical compared to the part 61 training i've been doing.

I can almost get my commercial and 250 hours with the amount it costs me to get my commercial at 190 hour in a part 141.

So since nobody is going to hire you with hours that low...what's the point?

I'll go the cheap 61 route and build up to 400 or so hours and then hopefully find something.

I agree with your logic on getting the multi, and instrument, while building time towards your commercial.

I don't know that I'd spend the money to get 40 hours of multi though, that's not going to impress anyone enough to hire you to fly a twin. Total time is what their insurance company needs to see. The sooner you can get to 500+, the sooner you can get a flying job.