My plan is to keep an eye open for a great deal while saving simultaneously.

I am speaking to strategies like a double escrow (simultaneous closing) for example.

Some people schedule them to be in simultaneously to save time but I think you miss the opportunity to get mode feedback on the property and the renovations, ask multiple times the number of questions, and create a rapport that could lead to a discount later on. 

Probably very cool... that is of course if you enjoy rehabbing... or having lethal synergies behind rehabbing that pretty much can help you outgun your competition not only from the creative strategies of saving the deal using the straddle play, but extrapolating this deal further into greater profits, with use of creative rehabber synergies and creative money saving mechanisms in context of adding upside value to the property while simultaneously making sure that folks who live in your property end up not creating havoc and end up paying you rent in a motivated manner.Combine all that with commercial multi family real estate inter mixed with raising money for for private lenders and multiply that by the number of multi units in one complex and creative tax strategies and you get yourself a wild wild synergy, helping you save the deal and go beyond.Sorry if I am too theoretical... but it is what it is.

Do you find that you are able to manage being a Realtor and working a full-time job simultaneously?

Close:  I've heard of double closing where you close with the seller and the buyer almost simultaneously, but how does this work? 

Moreover, our lackluster academic careers could have been pursued while simultaneously pursuing RE!

Respectfully, buying real estate is something you should do after you have a handle on credit/money issues and AND everything else that life is going to throw at you simultaneously, as it does everyone.

As a HUD Brokerage, we need a Title Company that has certain skillsets...They have to be HUD approvedThey have to be able to do remote closings for our investor clientsThey need to have their own in-house attorneysThey need to understand the "investor mind set"They need to be able to do simultaneous closingsTo that end, we are fortunate...We use Central Florida Title, LLCThe offices we close the most at are in Clermont and "The Villages".Contact me and I can provide their info.Hope that helps you...John Rogers

How does one purchase directly in the name of a land trust without having to later transfer title and simultaneously still have access to a cheap, federally backed 30 year loan?