Get a bridge loan for a few years.

I don’t want to pay any commission either but I don’t want to just drop our agent and burn any bridges.

Ultimately I wanted a vehicle that I could have control over to provide income to augment or bridge me into retirement (which isn't for 15 years).

Some of the views and the larger lots in Magnolia were nice, but I understand Magnolia Bridge is not long for this world. 

I will cross that bridge latter I guess. 

@Ryan Stevens You can get a bridge loan or some other short term financing but you are going to play a lot for it and they are all going to require at 70% LTV so you would need $75k on top of paying upwards of 10% interest on it.Maybe @Andrew Postell has a product he could help you with.

You're not likely to get a private loan on a primary residence either, as those loans are automatically regulated and most Private Lenders don't want regulation headaches.If it's a straight flip, you can finance up to perhaps 90% of your project with a Hard Money bridge loan, but that may not jive with the Seller's stipulation for cash.Hope this clarifies things a little.

I do this with Lodmell and Lodmell who really specialize in Bridge Trusts.

If this works for talking people out of jumping off a bridge and letting hostages go it ought to work on some idiot neighbor 

The last thing you want to do is burn a bridge with an agent that might be a good source of leads down the road.