At least when you run the deals simultaneously the bank can use the same credit report and close with the same title same day. 

Neither is more important than the other, I think they need to happen simultaneously. 

I have an ambitious goal of aiming to purchase my very first home, while simultaneously building my investment portfolio and a real estate business.

They just don't.Second, I don't think that we are going to see, simultaneously, massively increased rents and higher vacancies.

I'd like to get to the point where we are working on 1-2 buy and hold properties while simultaneously working on 1-2 flips so we can raise the amount of capital we have on hand to eventually be able to phase out hard money/banks (at least in reference to the SFH purchases). 

I'd like to get to the point where we are working on 1-2 buy and hold properties while simultaneously working on 1-2 flips so we can raise the amount of capital we have on hand to eventually be able to phase out hard money/banks (at least in reference to the SFH purchases).Our options look kind of like this: 1.

I am simply a guy who saves almost all of his take home pay (minus what goes into the TSP/Roth) and was looking for a way to diversify his asset class while simultaneously picking streams of income to enhance my pension.Apologies for rambling.

When you can explain the difference between a double-closing and simultaneous closing, you're on the right track, keep at it. 

My wife has a pre-approval for a property and we just signed a contract for a property. The property will be rehabbed by the owner and will be ready to close in 4 months. My wife has 2 other loans on 2 investment prop...

Why don’t you start marketing the commercial space for lease simultaneously as you market the property for sale - if you have a buyer that wants the tenants in place, then hopefully you can line some up & justify your pro-forms assumptions.