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Saved from Foreclosure- My Best Real Estate Sale on the Emerald Coast

A few weeks ago I wrote a blog about an imminent foreclosure for one of my sellers- "The 11th Hour". We had little time and a foreclosure sale date set at the courthouse steps for 11:00 a.m. the next business day, when I finally got an offer on the property. I wrote how I frantically and repeatedly tried to call and fax Litton Loan to stop the sale and consider the short sale offer. How no one would call me back or let me know if the sale had been stopped. I eventually heard back from the bank the next day. They postponed the sale to look at the offer. The short sale was approved two weeks later- that was yesterday.

The seller had lost two-thirds of his income, his wife had had a liver transplant, and the home I was selling had been destroyed and then rebuilt by my seller after Hurricane Ivan. He had bought the home two months before the hurricane hit. The cost to rebuild had added an extra $200,000 to his mortgage. He could no longer make payments, and all his hope in the world and himself were lost. He was seriously depressed and told me "I am not the man I was".

I cannot begin to tell you the relief in my seller's voice and the gratitude in his heart when I told him the short sale was approved, that he would not have a foreclosure. He said he would repay me in any way he could. I told him that I was repaid enough in that it was the most fulfilling sale I ever had.

It's Wendy!

Wendy Rulnick, Broker, CRP, CRS, GRI, ABR Rulnick Realty, Inc. 1-877-487-9639 or 850-650-7883

Specializing in SHORT SALES and FORECLOSURE work-outs on the Emerald Coast of Florida: Destin, Santa Rosa Beach, Fort Walton Beach, Niceville, Navarre, Crestview. Email itswendy@rulnickrealty.com

www.ShortSaleForeclosureHelp.com or www.ShortSales-EmeraldCoast.com

Posted by Wendy Rulnick "Its Wendy!" Destin Florida on 02/16/2008 11:54 AM

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11 Comments on Saved from Foreclosure- My Best Real Estate Sale on the Emerald Coast

What a happy ending for your seller!! The weight that you have helped to lift off of his shoulders is probably larger than you'll ever know. Awesome job!

02/16/2008 12:58 PM

by Jim & Maria Hart ~ Charleston, SC Real Estate (Agent Owned Realty)

Great story. It's hard work that we do, but helping people pull themselves out of the fire is very gratifying.

02/16/2008 03:02 PM

by Eric Webster Grand Rapids, MI, Five Star Realty (Five Star Real Estate)

Jim and Maria, Thank you! I don't know if I'll ever match this one, but I hope I do!

Eric, Thank you! I got chills of happiness when I got his reaction. It does make it all worth it.

02/16/2008 05:22 PM