Short Sale Resources

Real estate agents are often searching for answers involving short sales.  This page is for resources for commonly sought information.  For more specific answers, call our firm.

Web Sites

Fannie Mae

Know your options

MERS web site

 

Help with obtaining approval

Negotiating/Mediation services

Marketing Resources

LaunchMyBusinessOnline.com

Facebook business page development sites:

Active Rain — a social/professional networking site for real estate and mortgage professionals

Short Sale Courses, Books, & Certification

 

Short sale issues

Bankruptcy Ch 13 – Unique bankruptcy solution for short Sales includes Selecting a solution-oriented Bankruptcy Attorney.  Utilizing a Chapter 13 to stop imminent foreclosure or to get other people at the lender willing to work with processing a short sale.

Bankruptcy Ch 7 — Using Ch 7 to get short sales approved A chapter 7 can be used to reset the foreclosure process providing time for processing a short sale.

How to find the right bankruptcy attorney to help get a short sale approved (continuation of above discussion)

Realtors: Staying safe in a violent world

Short Sale: mediate or negotiate?

Understanding professional malpractice & liability – How to protect yourself

Short sales & FHA: What to do with damaged properties

FHA guidelines for short sales

Deficiency balances in short sales

The top reasons a short sale case will not close

Using the “produce the note” strategy in short sales

Negotiating: intuitive skill or requires formal training?

Short sales:  How to market to distressed homeowners

Earnest money: who gets it when buyers walk?

Time management

How to get rid of a promissory note after a short sale

How to predict when a promissory note will be required in short sales

Short sales & seller clients: A binding waiver may save you from liability

Short sale systems: leveraging for success

Short sales: a Commission Modification Agreement can protect agents from liability

What happens to a short sale when the homeowner dies?

New short sale “dirty tricks” by second lien holders

Short sales still taking a long time to process

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