What does it take to have success in a short sale? The lawyers advertising on television would tell you that you need a lawyer. Frankly, I recommend the counsel of an attorney to every short seller. Having a lawyer does not insure success. There are many agents in our market who specialize in short sales, and they would tell you that you need to work with them to be successful. You do need a competent agent with experience in short sales to help you, but that does not guarantee a successful closing either. Unfortunately, there is no silver bullet or

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Because I receive so many phone calls throughout the day, it’s sometimes difficult for me to answer my cell when it rings. This means callers often end up having to leave a message. I’m only one person and can’t be on two phones at the same time. To deal with this situation, I have my team member’s name and phone number listed first in MLS. This way she can talk to buyers and buyer’s agents for me, freeing up my time to deal with other Sacramento short sale business.
However, every so often, I get a buyer’s phone

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What is a Deficiency Judgement?
Elk Grove Short Sale sellers have to be concerned with whether or not their lender will file a deficiency judgement against them or not. So what is a deficiency judgement?
According to Wikipedia – A deficiency judgment is an unsecured money judgment against a borrower whose mortgage foreclosure sale did not produce sufficient funds to pay the underlying promissory note, or loan, in full. [1] The availability of a deficiency judgment depends on whether the lender has a recourse or nonrecourse loan, which is largely a matter of state law. In some jurisdictions,

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People often don’t pay attention to warnings. That’s because sometimes we look at them in jest, like Lost in Space: Danger, Will Robinson. I can advise sellers that the price of their short sale is too low, but they ultimately set the price, not me. I can also tell buyer’s agents that they need to pull the comparable sales, but that advice often falls on deaf ears.
As a result, sometimes I can end up with a short sale listing priced way too low to attract any type of decent offer. Agents who don’t work in short sales don’t understand that

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