"after saving new content" rules redirection happens before content access sets the ACL for individual content

I have a drupal website allowing anonymous users to post information, specifically a registration form.
This information is not to be public and so, once posted, the anonymous user cannot otherwise see or edit that post.

There are system users that have access to view these posts.

I have setup content access to only allow these system users to view all posts of this type.

The problem:
When an anonymous user posts in this way, the post gets created and that user can no longer access that post. (these posts are set to publish on create)
However, the system users get permission denied.
I have to manually click "rebuild permissions" to fix this problem, until the next post is made.
All new posts suffer from this problem.

I decided to use rules/triggers to try and work around this problem.
I enabled node-specific content permissions and had rules/triggers explicitly set the appropriate permissions on each post after is was created.
This did not solve the problem.
Also note that I tried using the "reset content permissions", but I get a blank whitepage (a white "bluescreen" if you know what I mean) after making a post.

I also discovered that I can make the post work properly without clicking the "rebuild permissions" button.
This is done by going to the specific post in question, selecting the "Access Control" tab, and clicking the submit button.
Keep in mind that I did not change any of the settings nor did I click the reset to defaults button.
Simply clicking "submit" causes it to suddenly realize that the permissions should be followed.