For those of you who work on short sales, do you ever wish you had a competent group of other professionals to turn to in a pinch?  Couldn't our peers be an excellent resource for information on our quest for successful short sale approvals?

Sometimes questions for experienced short sale agents come up like:

1.  Who can you escalate to at a certain bank?

2.  What is the procedure and recent timelines for certain lenders now?

3.  How do you make lemonade out of lemons? Ever get a "sour" rep on the phone? How do you turn it around?

4.  What do you do when a lender requests a note from your client, and they say no?

5.  What do others do to get more listings? (if you've decided to actively work this niche)

6.  What to do when you hit dead ends?

7.  Any tips and tricks as far as lender email format? How to get to a negotiator when you only know their name?

8.  Successes with delaying foreclosure sales?

For agents just starting on their journey in short sales, they might wonder:

1.  How do I become the knowledge base for my clients?

2.  What do I need from my sellers in order to start a short sale package?

3.  What do most banks need?

4.  Are there generic forms that can be used for the financial data?

5.  Which banks have their own forms for clients to complete?

6.  What are the typical timeframes for each bank and is there anything we can do to shorten it?

7.  How do we keep our clients happy (and calm) during the process?

8.  Where should our clients plan to go and when? Leave the homes vacant or not?

Anyway, you get the gist...  I love the blogging platform.  I love coming here and searching for help in active rain - there is always someone who knows more than you.  But in blogging you do have to be proactive and come seek your answers and proactively try to answer others seeking help.

I also love the email list platform, and to that end I also started a realtown group that can be configured to deliver instant emails for those quick answers, or you can visit the group online to read postings at your leisure.

Want to join in? Just click: SHORT SALE STRATEGIES

You can sign up for instant emails, digest (once a day), or to view only online.  Its an easy and quick registration if you're not already a part of realtown.

Join us for discussion and support.  For those quick answers, or more lengthy discussions.  We're just starting out so we need to grow for it to be the lively format I envision.  Join now and help us grow and mold this list to what we need to get our business done, and to serve our clients in the best ways possible.