I own some property just across the bridge from you in Richmond, and down in Oakland where I live.

You need to have a very solid plan on getting that contract assigned to a buyer who will perform - otherwise you'll quickly burn your bridge with any agents you work with. 

Have you ever heard of bridge investing?

As the others have said, HML are not long term loans, and are considered "bridge" loans or "construction" loans.

i think you can get a bridge loan or something like that. also, they can accept your offer on a house contingent on you selling your house.talk to a mortgage person. this used to be very common in the past when people could not afford both mortgages at the same time..btw, i tell my friends and family that "moving up" is a sure way of "staying poor". i do not know your current situation, so maybe i should not comment. but i still live in our 1k sq. ft house. and have 13 rentals. i tell my wife "there's no point of moving since we can just get another house with the money that we would spend on a bigger house".

I would look into a commercial bridge loan.

I may take another job, but I hope to make it a bridge and not a destination.

I think the popularity of this option is certainly one reason why the price of small multi-families in the northern New Jersey area has gone up a lot recently.It sounds like you got a good deal on the condo--you could consider taking equity out of that to put towards a down payment (HELOC or refinance, for example) or other purchase of a house, particularly if you're in a situation where you need to put 25% down--though some lenders may give you a hard time about, say, using the proceeds of a HELOC for a down payment.For buy and hold type properties I generally don't think "other" types of financing (like bridge loans or hard money loans or whatever) generally make sense, at least not for the greater NYC area, unless you truly need immediate liquidity and are anticipating paying it off from some other sources of funds very quickly, or you find a deal that you can force appreciation in by renovating (like a flip, but you end up holding it).

Certainly a POF from a legit HML like  Lima  lendingone  Lending home  out our way Conventus  Iron bridge to name just a few is fine... however having been a HML and having given many of these out..

I want to represent myself in the most credible way possible and not burn any potential bridges or future leads, i.e.