Tag Archives: Real Estate

Real Estate Agents: Embrace Short Sales, Or Get another Job

Let’s face it.  Homeowners today are faced with many different financial and personal issues; from interest rates being reset, to property tax hikes, to job losses.  These issues and many more, are forcing many homeowners to have to sell their homes. Which means that a vast majority of these properties will require a short sale [...]

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Lenders DO Want Your Short Sale Offers

The Change on how Lenders process Short Sales is finally here! Lenders now WANT your Short Sale Offers! Contrary to popular belief, lenders are now more and more agreeable to working with short sale specialists and are asking us for any and all offers!  Although it seems like we’re constantly fighting against them, in recent [...]

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Why Buyer’s Agents Ruin Short Sale Deals

One word…ego. And the factor that amplifies this ego is the unfortunate fact that we are in a buyer’s market.  Buyers and their agents know that for deals to be successful, their offers are needed.  They know they hold all the cards and that sellers and foreclosing lenders alike are desperate for those short sale [...]

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How to Get a Buyer Prepared to Close a Real Estate Short Sale Transaction

Whether you are the listing real estate agent or an investor, perhaps one of the most important aspects to a short sale is to make sure that the buyer on any given property can actually close, and that they aren’t just wasting everyone’s time.  With tighter lending guidelines these days, buyers are not only taking [...]

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