I've used margin loans for short term financing, basically a bridge loan in order to have the power of a cash buyer, then usually refinance real estate into a traditional mortgage as soon as possible for this reason: I don't want to get caught in a margin call and be forced to sell when the market is tanking. 

Are you still talking about using those bridge loans?

HI Chris we can do investment helocs in the 11-12’s rates, some states have a cap and wont qualify and we can do these with bank statement 12 months only or full doc, up to 75% LTV, interest only is an option, if you want less than 5 year prepay penalty its additional as low as 1 year ppp.If you’re using it for bridge purposes for a project the strategy would be to price it out with little to no prepays so that by the time you’re ready to go live on your project or when its leased up you can payoff the 2nd mortgage HELOC and still get from A to B.These are offered from 200k min up to 1Mil max loan amount.Let me know if you have any questions.

There is probably water under the bridge now but if you sandwich the message in a positive way with appreciation for what he has done (on which he also doesn't earn commission until the sale goes through) and point out the benefits of working with you then I think it is better even then arguing or handing over the money (in which case he has received a reward for bad behavior ). 

I was thinking about the man who sold the Eiffel Tower , and the man who sold the Brooklyn Bridge .

I've been so focused on finding a deal, I figured I would cross the dealing-with-tenants bridge when I got there.

Commercial investors have ready access to lenders or mortgage brokers like myself who can get them multi million dollar bridge loans that close in days or weeks.

(The kids should not have signed the note, they could still take over the obligation later on, I'm guessing the lender required it), water under the bridge. 

@Joshua Goston  @Craig CurelopInterestingly I have experience in both those markets and couldn't agree more....I live in Oakland...Right across the bridge from San Francisco....My rentals here in the San Francisco Bay Area are all under the 1% rule in a very tenant friendly state......My rentals in Cleveland are all achieving over the 3% rule...in a very landlord friendly area.

Oblivious to the lack of the bridge or a boat.