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Do You Submit Offers Or Contracts To The Short Sale Lenders?

Hi Folks. Here's an email I received yesterday from one our members at www.ShortSaleSuperStars.com. It shows the common misunderstanding that lenders handle short sales like they do REOs (foreclosures).
Hi Broker Bryant,
I read some of your comments on Short Sales Superstar.    I am a potential buyer.  We have bought several properties in the past but are very inexperienced with short sales.  We have been looking for a home for a long time and have not been able to find what we are looking for until now, except that the property is a short sale and an offer has already been submitted to the lender.  So, instead of just walking away, I am hoping to learn a little more about how short sales work in the hope that we may have a chance at purchasing this house if we approach it in the right way.   The seller's agent has submitted an offer to the lender but the lender has not accepted it yet (I have a feeling that the seller agent is not very experienced with short sales either and just sent it to a department and has not had much communication with the lender). We are strong buyers with 60% down, a three figure salary, ... more

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