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Short Sales and Bank of America Tips and a Help Request

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Services for Real Estate Pros with Peskin, Courchesne and Allen, P.C.

I do not know of anything more frustrating.  Following are a few tips that I hope will help anyone who is struggling with the Equator System followed with a question that I am posing to the Active Rain Community to help solve a problem that I am having with a BOA SS.

With Equator, my staff has found that preparation is the key.  There are a number of steps that you can breeze through if you have gathered the proper documentation.  Beyond the usual taxes, bank statements, hardship letter and pay-stubs, there are specific financial questions and information about the Buyer and the Buyer's financing that is required.  At the beginning of the transaction, you will want to obtain the first five digits of the Buyer's social security number, home phone and all of the details regarding their financing including loan qualification documentation, the type of loan, down payment, interest rate, etc. if there is financing involved.

There is on-line chat with Equator which is helpful, but that is just with the people running Equator - it is not Bank of America. 

If you really hit the wall with a negotiator you can tweet @BOA_help on Twitter and to your utter amazement a negotiator will call you!

That's all I can tell you for now (I am always open to advice - tricks, tips for dealing with Equator, sop if you have them, please pile on. . . ) I do have this one question.  How do you deal with a low value unique property that keeps getting offers rejected by BOA on Equator.  I am really hitting the wall on this one property and my Twitter Angel cannot help me because there is no negotiator assigned. Any ideas are welcomed! 

 

 

 

 

 

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Gray Winn
RE/MAX Legacy - Madison, AL
New Home Specialist in Madison AL and Athens AL

Thanks for the tip.   We have a preferred lender relationship with Bank of America and so far they have been great.

Aug 15, 2010 07:22 AM
Brian McBride
McBride Kelly & Associates Realty - Tampa, FL
McBride Kelly & Associates

It seems like BofA will only work within the guidelines of the BPO. We have had to wait for the BPO to expire and submit a new offer in order to get the value we need

Aug 16, 2010 11:58 AM
Valerie McNeal, CRS, GRI, CDPE
Keller Williams Integrity Bob Lucido Team - Ellicott City, MD
Integrity, Knowledge, Results

Thanks for sharing!!! Any information helps with working with BofA!!!

Aug 24, 2010 10:05 AM
Jeremy St. Louis
William Raveis Real Estate - Mystic, CT
If you are buyer or seller, let me point you HOME!

Hi Nyles,

 Good post I really like the twitter idea. I Had some success by being kind of annoying! I broke some of their rules I emailed and called any contact point I could until they had to help with the situation. I would suggest a similar tactic. Good Luck!

Aug 24, 2010 10:58 AM
Brian Sharkey
SharkeyRE LLC - West Palm Beach, FL
SharkeyRE

I'm happy to assist with BOA short sale problems on equator.  Just send me your questions.

 

Sharkey

Sep 04, 2010 12:14 AM
Jim Patton
Aspire Home Real Estate 209-404-0816 - Modesto, CA
Realtor - Stanislaus ,Merced, San Joaquin Counties

Nyles - thanks for the tips.  I didnt know about the twitter help.  I will keep that one handy.

Sep 13, 2010 01:07 PM
Pat Yoest
Century 21 Aadvantage Gold, 702-719-2100 - Las Vegas, NV
702-521-1442

I just found your post.  Bank Of America has me pulling my grey hairs from my head.  We had to extend escrow so the lender could fund the deal and they put us back in negotiartions and still haven't signed the Hud 1.  The Twitter help is a new one I will keep that in m ind.

Sep 17, 2010 02:11 PM
Tony and Suzanne Marriott, Associate Brokers
Serving the Greater Phoenix and Scottsdale Metropolitan Area - Scottsdale, AZ
Coldwell Banker Realty

Let's hope this lender doesn't follow the path of Wells Fargo: No more extensions on approval letters - close by the approval date - or don't close at all!

Sep 17, 2010 03:55 PM