I was showing listings today in the Viera and Suntree areas of Brevard County, Florida. The market is inundated with short sales and REO (bank-owned) properties. It turned out all of the homes we saw today were short sale listings. The one that caught my eye was the one where "Services not provided" stated accepting offers!

Anyone who has done a short sale knows it is lots of work. Short sales require a lot of work to get to the closing table! Much more work than a fair market sale. As a buyer's agent this one sounds like an awful lot of work for the buyer's agent! Why would a seller facing a short sale process not want to have their agent also receive and present offers?

Short sales require patience - on the part of the buyer and the seller! The seller's agent should be involved in this process.

Having been through a few of these I know what is involved. Fortunately, my buyers liked a couple of other short sales with full service agents. We will be seeing two of them again tomorrow.

If you are a short sale seller, why not let the listing agent be involved in the whole process? After all, the work really starts with the offer!

Gary Waters, Florida licensed real estate agent, serving buyers and sellers in the Viera, Suntree and Rockeledgeareas of central Brevard County, Florida. Contact me at Century 21 Baytree Realty, Melbourne Florida, 321-693-3850, email agent@moving2brveard.com.