short sale help: Bank of America's Webinar on Short Sales - 04/16/10 01:35 AM
Bank of America recently held a webinar with Matt Vernon (REO and Short Sale Executive) along with some associates, on the present and future short sale programs being implemented by Bank Of America. 
Max Zaretsky (yes, proudly related) takes the credit for making copious notes and preparing this memorandum so it could be shared with you -


I'd like to hit on some key points from my notes that I found interesting, and I think you will too:
1.       Short Sale volume is up!
a.       Bank of America's number of short sales doubled from 2007 to 2008, and doubled yet … (13 comments)

short sale help: Back to Basics - a Review of Short Sales - 05/04/08 12:42 PM
Short Sale Primer - Back Room Lender Decisions
A Primer -
Short sales are nothing new.  When I represented a national lender for all of their foreclosures in the State of Florida several years ago, we negotiated "loan workouts" which are now called "short sales".  Since they have been around so long, I did some digging with my old pals that were the executives I worked with in the loan workout and REO department of this national lender (the lender has since been merged into Bank of America).
I found one in Atlanta, and another in Washington.  Our discussion about short … (66 comments)

short sale help: SHORT SALE PRIMER - REVIEW OF THE BASICS - 05/03/08 02:09 PM
Short Sale Primer - Back Room Lender Decisions
A Primer -
Short sales are nothing new.  When I represented a national lender for all of their foreclosures in the State of Florida several years ago, we negotiated "loan workouts" which are now called "short sales".  Since they have been around so long, I did some digging with my old pals that were the executives I worked with in the loan workout and REO department of this national lender (the lender has since been merged into Bank of America).
I found one in Atlanta, and another in Washington.  Our discussion about short sales showed that … (1 comments)

short sale help: Flipping Short Sales - Questionable Methods - 03/18/08 03:05 PM
SHORT SALE FLIP - QUESTIONABLE METHODS
This article is a follow up to an issue discussed in December titled Short Sales and Title Insurance - Critical Look at Hybrid Closing Schemes.
I am representing an ultimate buyer on a short sale "flip" that raised some eyebrows and got me to looking carefully on how it is put together.  The ultimate buyer came to me to assist in legal representation and I was very surprised on how it was structured to the utter disadvantage to the ultimate buyer.  In this example, the ultimate buyer is my client; the seller is the flipping buyer; and … (9 comments)

short sale help: SHORT SALE TRILOGY - 01/01/08 12:02 PM
We get at least one call a day at my office on short sales.  It is really amazing how many people - professionals as well as potential sellers - do not even know what the term "short sale" means.  This blog assumes you have actually worked a short sale already -- if you have -- or if you are curious -- read on!
For the short sale to work I like to think of the process as the coupling of a trilogy.
#1 - you need to have the Seller who can no longer (maybe never could in the beginning too!) … (11 comments)

 
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Florida Real Estate Attorney

West Palm Beach, FL

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