We all think lenders are crazy to turn down short sales. However, they think that REO is better. Here is why the rules are so tough to approve a short sale. The lenders and investors don't think they are losing money by rejecting short sales. Let me explain.
All that is ever brought to their attention is how they lost money by accepting a short sale. A flipper buys a house for 150k and resells it for 200k. "This guy made a 50k profit. That's money that should have gone into our pocket," they think to themselves.
This is why we need to document it whenever a former short sale sells for less as an REO. They don't see the $182,000 losses on a rejected short sale. Why not? Because it's never brought to their attention.
If anything bad happens, rather than make the process easier, they tighten up the rules even more. That is why the short sale marketplace is so tough.
Good buyers paying a fair price get turned away. More short sales turn into REOs. I'm convinced that more money is lost on short sales that turn into REOs than is lost to flippers. No, I'm not a flipper. Nor do I endorse them.
But, the whole flipping concept is made possible by the way the short sale process is ran. If the banks acted like a normal seller, the whole flipping problem would disappear. They should be looking for a good, qualified agent and have them try to get the best price possible for the home. Instead, good offers are turned down and bad offers accepted. It's insane!
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Ben Curry & Chris Curry - Keller Williams Real Estate, Gainesville Florida.
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