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NUTS AND BOLTS OF SHORT SALES- Tuesday, September 15, 2009 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM PDTSpecial EventsThe Nuts & Bolts of Short SalesSpeakers: Laurel Starks, Short Sale Industry ExpertJohn F. Mansour, Esq. - Real Estate AttorneyShort Sales dominate our market over REO's almost 2:1.  Yet, less than 10% e...

Bank of America has done it again.  They have amazed me.  Maya Angelou has said, "When someone shows you who they are, believe them."  Well for some reason, file after file, I just can not believe Bank of America is the as unscrupulous as they are. In submitting a short sale packet, I get a respo...

I was so happy to hear from my former clients about thier credit score of 728, only 8 months after their short sale closed!  I sent out an email blast to my office, with the good news and received several "that's great" emails back. Then, I got an email from an REO agent that sang a completely di...

The Nuts & Bolts of Short Sales   Speakers: Laurel Starks, Short Sale Industry Expert John F. Mansour, Esq. – Real Estate Attorney   Short Sales dominate our market over REO’s almost 2:1.  Yet, less than 10% ever close escrow.  At this highly informative, interactive workshop, you will learn the ...

A bi-product of divorce often times is bad credit.  Divorce or no divorce, a Short Sale most likely will have a negative impact on your credit.  You probably know that a credit score is determined by a multitude of characteristics.....payment history, availablity of credit, number of credit lines...

Divorce and the house - Many times, especially in the current real estate market, it can seem like the best exit strategy:  My ex wants to keep the house and he/she has the ability to make the payments.  Our equity is dwindling - or perhaps there is no equity at all - so I'd rather just save my c...