Anyone in the Middle Tennessee area that has a good recommendation for a title/escrow company that will do assignment and/or simultaneous closes?

I will probably live n' flip again, but should have enough cash/financing to do a traditional flip as well (simultaneously).

Go to local meetups, find an investor minded agent and start looking for deals simultaneously making contractor and trades connections.

Being in compliance with the first loan (occupying for one year) and getting a second, simultaneous FHA loan are two different things, I believe you have to wait two years to get a second one, unless you can show a necessary move, for perhaps greater than 50 miles away.

you'll need to be incredible organized, dependable, detailed oriented and able to handle a wide variety of tasks simultaneously.  

It's also a reason that most flippers will eventually or simultaneously purchase rental properties.  

Keep your cash to lock up the next deal simultaneously with this one (if you can adequately manage both).

I know the timing isn't aligned but I wouldn't want to be in a position of pulling a HELOC (increasing debt) while simultaneously quitting your job.  

What are your thoughts on us starting our real estate investment journey with turnkey out-of-state investing WHILE simultaneously continuing to rent in our high-cost area?

If you don't have the means to come up with the cash needed, obtain a new loan against the property that you are buying with a simultaneous close with the lender and the purchase of the property.