That a situation where only the bank wins, via interest payments. 

For me, I am a little hesitant because I would be in a situation where I would be trying to secure traditional lending (which should be very feasible given credit scores & what $$ amount I am pre-approved up to from my banks), meaning that I assume I would be forced into using my first-time homebuyer loan incentives.

I had a local bank provide a 1031 without fees. 

Since the buyer is not able to get bank financing, you are charging a few % points higher.So your $289k house might sell for 320k at 9.9% for 30 years.

There are a few banks in HK that are also located here in the states.

Quote from @Quinn Olivarez: If I were the original seller, I would tell the bank I sold the house so that I could get the ball rolling on getting it out of this sub to agreement that is probably not enforceable in most jurisdictions.

Quote from @Gregory Banks: I would hire a structural engineer. $1,000 inspection could save you tens of thousands.

I've done it multiple times on primary residence and was just able to do it on an investment with a local CT bank. 

How do you know there are funds have you seen actual bank accounts ?

Shop around for debt to see what is available and model the various structures to see how the different terms impact performance.The tradeoffs will be fixed vs. floating rate, conventional vs bridge vs CMBS vs bank vs agency.