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Don't List Short Sales- If You Don't Know How To Do A Short Sale!

By Katerina Gasset

Real Estate Agent with The Gasset Group & Get It Done For Me Virtual Services 13253167-SA00

October 24, 2008 06:49 AM

Don't list those short sales unless you know what you are doing! STOP! Do not pass Go until you know!

We listed a home while we were helping homeowners with their foreclosure options at the HOPE Taskforce Workshop this past Saturday.

This single mom who had been divorced since they had purchase their home can no longer pay her mortgage payments.

She had her home listed with an agent and this is what the agent told her:

Countrywide turned down your short sale because you do not qualify.

Countrywide turned down a $115,000 offer on your house.

You need to give me your 401K and IRA account statements.

You can not longer do a short sale because Countrywide was just bought by Bank Of America and so they are not going to do any more short sales!

SO the agent cancels the listing and leaves this lady hanging out to dry.

This was totally irresponsible and NOT true. The truth is:

Countrywide turned down her short sale because of missing documents that the homeowner did not know were missing and the agent did not collect.

Countrywide did not accept the $115k offer because the last sold in that neighborhood was over 250K! DUGH!

Countrywide does not require IRA statements and IRA's in Florida can not be forced to be cashed out to pay deficiencies.

Countrywide is still doing short sales, we close them each month and they are still answering the phone as Countrywide. Bank of America also does short sales.

This agent did NOT do the following:

She never told the homeowner what she was listing the house for.

Never gave the lady a copy of her listing agreement.

Never took any photos nor asked the homeowner for any photos for mls.

Communicate with Countrywide other than sending in an incomplete package.

Did not keep in touch with Countrywide and follow up.

Did not do a CMA on the property.

Put the wrong number of bedrooms in the mls and left all the other fields blank.

SO why did this agent even take this listing in the first place? What for? I don't get it!

If your home is in foreclosure or you can no longer make your mortgage payments choosing the right agent is not only more important than ever, it is crucial to the outcome of your short sale.

Please ask questions and find out if the agent you are choosing knows how to do short sales!

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Katerina Gasset

The Gasset Group & Get It Done For Me Virtual Services - Provo, UT

Amplify Your Real Estate & Life Dreams!

Jared- These companies you are talking about are not any better than the agents are. I can not begin to tell you how incompentant most of them are and more unethical than this agent. This is a subject for a post and I will get to that hope by next week. Long story short- we just had to pass laws in Florida to help stop some of these 'short sale companies' from ripping off the homeowners.
I would never hire one of them unless I can verify their track record, see their closing ratios and then talk to their customers randomly!

Oct 24, 2008 02:07 PM

Katerina Gasset

The Gasset Group & Get It Done For Me Virtual Services - Provo, UT

Amplify Your Real Estate & Life Dreams!

Weichert Realtors Synergy- I don't agtee that you should be certified. Nestor and I are not certified in short sales and have been doing them since 1995. We get our short sales approved and get them closed. I can teach this stuff blindfolded and I am not certified. I coach other agents around the country in doing short sales and they are successfully doing them.

And I have been to these so called short sale trainings and they have just as much misinformation as this seller received from her agent.

I do think the basics of short selling should be addressed in real estate licensing courses and on the state exam. Katerina

Oct 24, 2008 02:15 PM

Darla Jensen

Edina Realty - Crosslake, MN

I think people are making desperate actions they may not have made before. That does not make it right, please don't get me wrong. I recently was asked to list a short sale property and decided to bring in an agent with short sale experience to co-list the property with me. I wanted to learn - and believe me, there's a lot to learn. We better know what we're doing because short sales and foreclosures are forecasted to be 30% of the 2009 transactions (thats what I recently heard). Yikes.

Oct 24, 2008 02:17 PM

Katerina Gasset

The Gasset Group & Get It Done For Me Virtual Services - Provo, UT

Amplify Your Real Estate & Life Dreams!

WOW Everyone! As I have been reading your comments about 3 or 4 new posts popped in my head! I am running to write them down right now! Thanks! You guys are awesome, keep them coming!

Oct 24, 2008 02:21 PM

Antoinette Murphy

RE/MAX Atlantic - Absecon, NJ

GRI

WOW! How did that agent get the listing to begin with...floor call? Let's hope that agent decided to get a job at the local mall! Just heard this afternoon that 1/3 of the listings will be short sales and foreclosures. We need agents who know what they are doing. These sellers deserve an experienced agent.

Oct 24, 2008 02:25 PM

Katerina Gasset

The Gasset Group & Get It Done For Me Virtual Services - Provo, UT

Amplify Your Real Estate & Life Dreams!

Jeffrey Dillon- Wells Fargo is the worst and all I have to say is that because of their absolute idiotic turning down of good offers and insisting that deficiencies get paid off- they better not even breathe the words, BAIL OUT! WSFG is the WORST!!!!!! We also just lost a good buyer on a short sale with them. I am sorry this happened to you. Our next step is going up the ladder to the top. I am serious, write to your congressman and your Senator, CC the upper management of Wells Fargo!

Oct 24, 2008 02:48 PM

Debbie Summers

Charles Rutenberg Realty - New Smyrna Beach, FL

Katerina - I couldn't agree with you more... I have a buyer closing with Countrywide on Tuesday... It will be day 88... Not bad in the grand scheme of things.

Oct 24, 2008 03:12 PM

Petra Norris

Lakeland Real Estate Group, Inc. - Lakeland, FL

Realtor, Lakeland FL Homes for Sale

Katerina - I smell an Ethics Complaint for this Realtor - hopefully this agent is not in Real Estate anylonger.

Oct 24, 2008 03:26 PM

Sharon Richards

Kirsten Realty Tampa Florida - Tampa, FL

Short Sales are going to be here for awhile, and on the other side of the coin, putting in offers on short sales for your buyers. I had a buyer where we lost 4 offers on four different properties because the agents did not know what they were doing. My buyer wanted one of the houses so bad, she paid for an appraisal and that was our offer, and the selling agent said it was not accepted. I feel a lawsuit will be coming soon.

Oct 24, 2008 04:12 PM

Jesse Clifton

Jesse Clifton & Associates - Fairbanks, AK

Thank goodness they found you & Nestor. It sounds like the first agent could use a lesson or two in representation.

Oct 24, 2008 05:18 PM

'Jammin' Jan Stannard

Prudential Utah Real Estate - Ogden, UT

OK...so what good resorces are out there to learn about working with short sales (other than the random junk mail for internet training)?

Oct 25, 2008 03:42 AM

Renée Donohue~Home Photography

Savvy Home Pix - Allegan, MI

Western Michigan Real Estate Photographer

Sounds like that agent wants to be a not for profit agent.

I refer most of them out. I do know how to do them but prefer not to. I would rather have a good, quality lead go through the ranks of an agent's system who is highly successful at these.

Oct 25, 2008 04:20 AM

Wendy Rulnick

Rulnick Realty, Inc. - Destin, FL

"It's Wendy... It's Sold!"

Thanks for saying it, Katerina!

Oct 25, 2008 04:32 AM

Pam Graham

All Real Estate Options - Jacksonville, FL

Jacksonville, Clay & St Johns Counties

On the other end of it as a listing agent, I have ran into a bunch of buyer's agents who have never taken a short sale class and I have to tell them what forms to use or what to put into the contract to protect their buyer. Whether you're a listing agent or a buyer's agent, if you don't educate yourself, you do a disservice to your clients. To think you won't run across a short sale is crazy in this market.

Oct 27, 2008 08:16 AM

Katerina Gasset

The Gasset Group & Get It Done For Me Virtual Services - Provo, UT

Amplify Your Real Estate & Life Dreams!

Peta, thank you for taking the time to comment, have a great week.

Oct 28, 2008 01:27 PM

Katerina Gasset

The Gasset Group & Get It Done For Me Virtual Services - Provo, UT

Amplify Your Real Estate & Life Dreams!

Wendy, you are welcome, thanks for commenting, we appreciate it very much!

Oct 28, 2008 01:28 PM

Evelyn Broxterman

Keller Williams Realty - Lakeland, FL

AMEN!! I also hear horror stories from Sellers about their previous agents. I was hoping the current slow real estate market would weed out the bad ones, but I guess some are still hanging around!!!

Nov 05, 2008 12:34 PM

Josh David

Bridgeview Bank Mortgage - Tampa, FL

Purchase Specialist... www.joshdavid.us

Hey guys,

I can help your investors with financing if they are interested in buying shortsales and flipping them to an end buyer. My private REIT has unlimited funds to fund these types of transactions. The REIT will provide funds for initial purchase, and also to the end buyer, so the investor can earn full spreads and avoid seasoning required by ALL conventional banks.

If you are intersted I would love to work with you. You can also check out my blog at:

http://activerain.com/blogsview/782441/We-provide-FUNDS-for-END-BUYER-on-Short-Sales-NO-SEASONING-earn-FULL-SPREADS

Josh David (JD)

704.998.7609

josh@josh-david.com

Nov 10, 2008 12:45 AM

Marcia Kramarz

Re/Max Executive Realty - Medway, MA

CDPE,LMC,CBR

I agree with comments - Her level of service STINKS - short sale or NOT!

Katerina, I got a short sale listing yesterday and the sellers are NOT behind in payments YET -They both lost their jobs - and probably could drain savings to make payments for 2 or 3 more months - they want out so they can get into a rental but are NOT behind YET - Will the lender look at their situation?

Nov 12, 2008 09:46 PM

Anonymous

Short Sale Police

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Nov 15, 2008 05:58 AM

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