short sale: Don't List That Short Sale - 11/20/07 11:02 PM
Don't List That Short Sale by Bill Roberts
A lot of real estate agents believe that because their clients are upside down in their homes they have a RIGHT to do a short sale and the bank will approve taking a loss.
It just ain't so. Nobody has a right to do a … (16 comments)

short sale: Who Has a Right to a Short Sale? - 10/30/07 02:49 PM
Who Has a Right to a Short Sale? by Bill Roberts
There is a lot of whining and crying going on in this industry about how hard banks are making it to do short sales. Some say it is as if they don't want to do the short sales and are pushing … (34 comments)

short sale: Short Sales - Who Wins and Who Loses? - 08/09/07 03:50 PM
Short Sales - Who Wins and Who Loses?
People are out there hyping SHORT SALES like they are the solution to everybody's problems.
I don't think so.
If you are one of the losers because of a short sale you didn't "solve" your problem you just added to your problem.
So who are the losers, … (32 comments)

short sale: Short Sales - Not the Last Word - 08/01/07 08:02 PM
I went to another workshop put on by a "Short Sale" expert and investor yesterday. I was invited by AR's resident guru on short sales, Mr John Occhi. This is NOT a picture of John (I think). It got off to a rocky start because our "expert" was stuck in traffic … (17 comments)

short sale: Does She or Doesn't She? Another Short Sale Perspective - 07/20/07 04:24 PM

Everybody is talking about short sales these days as if that is all we can do.
So I got thinking about this situation. Who is buying all these short sales?
Is it owner occupiers? Is it investors?
Well, I don't know exactly where all these short sale properties are located but if I had … (16 comments)

short sale: Short Sale Revisited Again - 07/16/07 10:34 AM
 
If you want to pursue a short sale there are several things to do first. one is to make sure that the documentation required by the bank to evaluate the short sale application does NOT put your clients in a situation where they are giving evidence against themselves. This is MOST IMPORTANT. In … (12 comments)

short sale: The Short Sale Revisited - 07/10/07 03:55 PM
Let me say again that I am ALMOST totally opposed to short sales. I suppose that in very limited circumstances a short sale is the "best" solution to an otherwise unsolvable problem.
There are at least two parties to the short sale who  shouldn't want to go through the ordeal: The Buyer … (56 comments)

 
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