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Bank of America Short Sale Success In Orlando Fl. Lender Pays Seller $12,000!!

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Real Estate Broker/Owner with Tutas Towne Realty, Inc and Garden Views Realty, LLC BK607690

orlando florida short sale

 

Tutas Towne Realty and Bryant Tutas just had another successful Orlando Florida Short Sale with Bank of America and Real Time Resolutions.

The property:

Primary Residence. 4 bedroom 2 bath single family home located in Orlando Florida. This home has 1,687 sq ft of living area. It was purchased in November of 2006 for $281,000. It Sold 3/14/2012 for $129,000. That's a decline in value of 54% in a little over  5 years. 

Liens:

  • 1st Mortgage with Bank of America for $224,000
  • 2nd Mortgage with Real Time Resolutions for $56,000
  • HOA Lien for $23,000

Hardship:

  • Loss of income.

Summary:

When I first took the listing both mortgages were with Bank of America. This was part of the Bank of America Florida Enhance Cooperative Short Sale Program. We were able to get Bank of America to give us pre-approved pricing and agree to pay the seller $12,000 at time of closing.

The property was placed on the market 1 November 2011 for $132,000. We negotiated a deal at $129,000, 11 days later. The deal was submitted for final approval and all was well.

One day before receiving final approval the 2nd was serviced release to Real Time Resolutions! I contacted them asap and they requested a complete short sale package. Prior to this the seller had not been asked to provide any documentation. Not even a hardship letter. So needless to say we were not happy.

We gathered the needed documents and submitted a 175 page short sale package ofering Real Time Resolutions 6% of the principle balance. This is the deal we had when Bank of America was the 2nd. They quickly repsonded that they would not even consider the short sale without at least an additonal $3,000. The seller agreed to pay this out of the incentive money so I redid the HUD and sent it over.

The next day I received an email stating that Real Time Resolutions had a policy that they would now allow the seller to receive any funds at closing. They wanted the entire $12,000 incentive. 

Instead of escalating to Real time Resolutions I escalated to the Bank of America Social Media Team on Twitter at @BofA_Help I knew that Bank of America really wanted to do this short sale since they had agreed to not only pay the seller but had also agreed to pay the $23,000 in HOA fees!

Turns out Bank of America has a liason for Real Time Resolutions. They contacted the 2nd and I had the approval within 12 hours. Not only did they agree to let the seller keep the incentive money but they also lowered the amount back to the original offer of 6%. Kudos to Real Time Resolutions!!

 Tutas Towne Realty closed the transaction on 14 March 2012. 134 days from listing to closing!!

Bank of America accepted $83,000 or .37 cents on the dollar for the 1st mortgage.

Real Time Resolutions accepted $3,375 or .06 cents on the dollar for the 2nd mortgage.

 ***The Seller received FULL WAIVER OF DEFICIENCY from both lenders. Bank of America $12,000 to the seller and $23,000 to the HOA.

  Tutas Towne Realty has already successfully negotiated Short Sales with the following Lenders and Investors.

Can we add you to our list of successful Short Sales?

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Comments (8)

Bart Vickrey
Bart Vickrey & Co Real Estate - Valparaiso, IN

Good work!

Sounds like a good time for me to move the family down to FLA... and take advantage of the great deals!

Mar 14, 2012 04:57 AM
Melissa Zavala
Broadpoint Properties - Escondido, CA
Broker, Escondido Real Estate, San Diego County

That Florida incentive program absolutely needs to come to the state of California. Kudos to you.

Mar 14, 2012 09:57 AM
Michelle Gibson
Hansen Real Estate Group Inc. - Wellington, FL
REALTOR

BB - Congrats on another sucessful short sale closing in Orlando!

Mar 14, 2012 12:38 PM
Gabe Sanders
Real Estate of Florida specializing in Martin County Residential Homes, Condos and Land Sales - Stuart, FL
Stuart Florida Real Estate

Amazing stuff Bryant.  I've been seeing some similar results (though not at .37 cents on the dollar - here), and I'm not sure what the banks are thinking these days.

Mar 14, 2012 08:46 PM
Adam Malachi
A 2 Z Realty LLC - Castle Rock, CO
QSC,CDPE,CIPS,CNE,CRB,CRS,GRI,MRE,SFR

Great post! another sucessful short sale closing!

Thanks for sharing,

Adam

Mar 20, 2012 01:55 PM
Sidney Kutchuk
Property Management & Sales at REALTY WORKS TEMECULA, CA 92590 (951) 217-6745 - Temecula, CA
Property Management & Sales Experts 951-217-6745

Bryant,

I have the same situation but with Chase and RTR.

Chase has offered the seller $30,000.00 which RTR says no to.

This is an approved HAFA short sale with RTR receiving the maximum allowed $6,000.00

Do you have any contacts at RTR you can pass on to me. I am getting ready to launch a social media attack
on RTR as Chase will not help and Chase does not have a social help dept like BOA. 

Mar 26, 2012 02:41 PM
Bryant Tutas
Tutas Towne Realty, Inc and Garden Views Realty, LLC - Winter Garden, FL
Selling Florida one home at a time

I wish I did but I don't. I went right around them.

Mar 27, 2012 06:29 AM
Inna Ivchenko
Barcode Properties - Encino, CA
Realtor® • GRI • HAFA • PSC Calabasas CA

We just closed with BofA too. It was not that difficult one, but very long one. The first time, the first time buyer walked away since the building had a lawsuit~ no financing possible, the second  time: BofA accidentally lost our whole file( yep, totally erased from the system and they did accept that it was their fault, but it was our problem), third time it worked fast. Now we are dealing with a Green Tree....this is where we all going to have fun...

Sep 11, 2013 05:41 PM