Supposed Short Sale Investors make all kinds of offers on our short sale listings. In this video and post we’ll cover what a REAL offer is and how to weed out the true investors interested in taking advantage of the low prices in the market and the pretenders who watched a late night webinar and bought a get rich quick scheme.
Real estate agents and home owners alike seem to not to know what to do with Multiple Offers On A Short Sale. In short (no pun intended here), the offer process works almost the same as a traditional transaction. A Binding Contract occurs when two parties sign and agree in writing to terms. In a short sale, this is no different. Two parties agree to upon the terms of the sale of the house and thus the contract becomes binding. The big difference in short sales is that there is a contingency in place that basically says, “Contingent on Seller’s Lender Approval.” The key here is understanding that the bank is an interested third party.
Bank of America Short Sale Buyer Swap News! That’s right you can now swap buyers out without having to start over at Bank of America. This has been requested for, for some time now, but it’s finally a reality. The reason they didn’t do it before was to prevent “investors” from abusing the system. At [...]
As someone who almost completely specializes in short sales, I’m surprised by the number of agents who still have absolutely no clue. I’m even more surprised by the investors who think they can profit off of the agents hard work without anything in the game. I am constantly getting calls from Investors that have never [...]
Really? That’s what they said! Your Real Estate Agent can make or break a deal. It’s not enough just to put together a package for the bank or to have an attorney ready to go to help out, you need someone that can bring a buyer (most of the time multiple) buyers to the table [...]
It’s often a misconception that all real estate agents are the same. In fact, it’s common that at the very least all agents with the same company are grouped together. You need a great company that backs the AGENT and not the brand, and luckily I have that in Keller Williams. However, this isn’t a [...]