Sure it will cost more and take longer but consider it the price of your education.Other than that your option as others have point out is to find the money to finish it off the books of the hard money lender, sell it or refi it and pay off the lender and move on.

and it's in Boston.https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/12/topics/1196952-i-jus...That is one if the first strategies I looked into and saw it's potential but I have a wife and 2 kids so not really an option for me.

A foreclosure will take much longer to complete and affect you much longer than a short sale, so "letting the bank take it" is probably your worst option.

Typically, the rate is going to be a bit lower than a HML.  

We backed out of the deal instead of looking for other options.

Without knowing the specifics of your situation, typically real estate can offset 1099R income but I wouldn't use this as a blanket statement.

Wondering if anyone has any ideas on options for me.

Since the buyer was initially qualified to close, I was thinking about initiating a lease with an option to buy.

3. for private lending and sourcing funds, typically you need to self fund it to get started. 4.

I’m being serious when I say this as what other options do buyers like us have when the median housing price here is $980k, and inventory is around a month.