Thanks @jeff bridges! 

Even though its all speculation at this point the places we are looking has a large body of water that takes about 45 minutes to drive around and enter the city they are currently building a bridge that will make that 5 to 10 minutes so i would assume this will make it a more desirable Location. 

Not saying you are, just saying it is fruit for thought.There is also more then 1 way to skin a cat, say if they wont lend for the purchase and that is what you are seeking, how about using HM for bridge financing, rehab and rent or C4D, then seek lending on the owned property?

You should have had that in place prior, but as they say, water under the bridge now.Secondly, learn from this mistake.

Has anyone dealt with or closed any commercial bridge loans with Sterling Bridge Group in Great Neck, NY?

There is a good chance that at some time you will be back in the states, Don't burn your bridges.

Not your usual transaction.If you had a property that was difficult to rent, and/or you have someone you're trying to help any you see that cash will be there as in Rich's case you might work out something, but cash really needs to be coming from a reliable source, like tax returns or a retirement fund that can take time to withdraw.It can be handy using other assets in bridge financing, short term, less than a year getting someone from point A to point B.I never ended up with additional collateral or collateral from separate loans. the camper deal was shakey but it worked out.

If you believe that there's a bridge in Brooklyn I'd like to wholesale to you ;)And here's a dirty little secret the gurus don't want you to know.

For example, I got approached from a client of mine for a large multifamily bridge loan ($7MM+). 

A bank may bridge the loan for a year, a 65K amount could be deferred as a second, or interest only.