I sense you want to be a "wholesaler" that's not an investor and the strategy or tips for the two are very different.The best generic advise I can give is to decide what you want then find out what you need to learn, study, get trained in to accomplish that.

I'm not sure if you can successfully accomplish a project like this with contractors. 

This will get overturned or adjusted and then it will be on to the next stupid cultural war to steal headlines and accomplish nothing. 

Charles, I'm impressed by your accomplishments and your ability to seemingly juggle it all over the years!

It's been tough finding the right property to accomplish what I want to do, but now with rehab as an option I can look at homes that are needing a ton of work.

What are you trying to accomplish?

Most title companies have a broader policy and refuse to allow any double closing in which the cash from the third party flows to the first transaction, realizing that in order to accomplish this the second transaction would have to close first, and this means closing a transaction in which the seller (you) does not own the property at the time of sale, I.E., you wouldn't own the property until your purchase occurred using the money from your sale.We used to call this a SIMULTANEOUS close, but in actuality the two transactions can not be simultaneous.

When you are in business you make budgets to accomplish your goals. 

I accomplished all the things you did by paying CASH only without paying CASH.True, generally, BUT NOT ALWAYS equity can be tapped but AT A COST. 

Those deals are out there.Keep doing what you're doing & write down what you're going to accomplish this year, it will happen.