You should be working on both sets of relationships concurrently... then whenever financing that property you get under contract comes up, you make a choice.

I guess IF you are trying to ASSIGN the purchase agreement to your buyer and your buyer is a CASH Buyer you could also CLOSED and then concurrently QUIT CLAIM or deed out to the BUYER right at the closing. 

It will be helpful to be transparent and upfront with your lenders if you are working on several projects concurrently, so they can understand your plan.

Appraisal is the wild card and honestly not many ways around it other then a good agent...and even then can be hard.Catch the wrong appraiser on a bad day at worst your screwed at low price or beat case you challenge it and win...but this still takes time.Remove the appraisal and you have much more control of the situation but lack a lot of the lending options...But 30 day can still be done and is done often (and runs concurrently with inspection so assuming you get past that).

When I met him for coffee, he literally took me to 3 projects (5 minutes away) going concurrently nearby -- one starting, one about halfway through, and one nearing completion. 

Concurrently, I've been looking in areas outside of CA and am curious about Arkansas.

By planting these fixed seeds that are and continue to pay dividend, it stabilized my income flows and concurrently allowed me to build up reserves for additional purchases. 

You're thinking of an e-stoppel, it just gets the tenant's concurrence that the lease provisions are XYZ.

Then either work with an architect and/or contractor (or talk to developers in the area) concurrently as you chat with the city planning department about their requirements.

If you are really new and don’t have anyone you know then go to the city and ask them anything and everything you can...planning, zoning, building departments, fire, development, Enviromental, concurrency  ect. ect. that is there job and why we pay taxes.