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2011 

  Antioch CA – If you are selling your home, then ask the buyer to write a letter about why they want to purchase the home. If you are a buyer, then write that letter. Discover how other sellers successfully did a short sale to avoid foreclosure by clicking here. The listing agent will submit th...
12/29/2011
  Antioch CA – We often get asked if a short sale is even worth the effort. “Do I need to have my short sale “Approved” by my lender before I put my home on the market?” one seller asked us. “When I called my lender they wouldn’t talk to me about my short sale. I am concerned that they might do ...
12/28/2011
    Antioch CA – Some people think that short sales represent a bargain in the real estate world. Some people have said that banks sell short sales for below market value because they want to avoid foreclosure. That isn’t true. Yes, banks do prefer to sell a property in foreclosure as a short sa...
12/22/2011
      Antioch CA – The right agent can make the difference between success and failure on your short sale. You risk losing a lot when your agent doesn’t understand short sales. The short sale can be denied and the home foreclosed. Then you have to wait five years to buy another house. Or, the le...
12/20/2011
    Antioch CA – I read an interesting book. The author talked about persistence and how it helps you be successful. He told a story about phoning a call center. Click here to discover how other sellers successfully did a short sale and avoided foreclosure. The first person he talked to told him...
12/16/2011
  Pittsburg CA – Short Sales are a situation that can often cause emotional turmoil as well as financial. It’s amazing how quick people are to judge others but times may be changing when it comes to today’s financial situations. We’re all feeling tough times. We all have seen local businesses cl...
12/14/2011
Antioch CA – While most people think of realtors as a person you turn to only when you’re buying or selling a home; many don’t realize that a realtor’s expertise in the housing industry can help you in other ways also. If you are facing possible foreclosure, turning to a realtor for help may be ...
12/12/2011
Antioch CA – What can you do if you are facing a foreclosure? One of the scariest and worse case scenarios for a homeowner is getting so far behind in your payments that foreclosure is leering around the corner. You feel as though you have let everyone, yourself included, down. You feel embarras...
12/11/2011
  Antioch CA – We recently saw something positive on short sales with Bank of America. Bank of America recently sent out an email stating that you can no initiate the short sale process without a buyer. The agent can start the process and get things going before a buyer makes an offer to purchas...
12/08/2011
Antioch CA – The Stop Foreclosure Insitute recently received a question from Denzel. Here was his question. “I purchased my home in 2007 for 365,000 and put 18,000 down. Today I owe approximately 340000. The mortgage is with Wells Fargo. No Second. The same size home is being sold by the builder...
12/06/2011
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