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Once you've determined that you owe more than your home is worth and that your lender is likely to accept a short sale given your specific situation, it's time to find a buyer.  Now I would always suggest using a local real estate professional to market your home, but this is especially true when...

I just received another offer on a short sale in which the buyer was requesting that the seller pay the buyer's closing costs.  This offer came through another agent who claimed to be knowledgeable about short sales.  Now a lot of you reading this probably already know that banks will not accept ...

As a continuation of my post yesterday, I'd like to go further into the steps of a short sale process.  Once you have met with a real estate professional, and know approximately what price your property will sell for, you have to establish whether or not your financial situation is such that your...

I received an interesting phone inquiry today from a very nice homeowner who may or may not need to sell her home as a short sale.  She asked me a very simple question that I realized I have never addressed in my blog: "What's the first step in a short sale?" I realized that because I deal with d...

This is a fantastic blog post that does a better job of describing Lease Options than I did in my previous post. What do you do when you cannot sell ?  Philadelphia Lease Purchase Options   In this market, people need options.  What do you do when you cannot sell and do not want a traditional re...

I attended an interesting real estate investment seminar yesterday.  The speaker was discussing Lease Options and Subject To's, and mentioned that these are two ways to sell your home in a slow market.  I have been involved in some of these types of transactions, but to be honest, I probably have...

"If you work all over South Jersey, why is your website www.pennsaukenforeclosures.com?"  This is a question that I get all the time, and the answer is really quite simple.  I just wanted to clear this up so that everybody understands that I'm not picking on Pennsauken, and I am truly able to hel...

If you've read any of my blog, you already know that I spend a lot of time dealing with short sales and foreclosures in South Jersey, but you may not know that I also work with a lot of sellers who are not distressed, but who have been unable to sell their homes due to the declining market.  You ...

I missed this article a few weeks back, so I thought I would pass it along today just in case some of you missed it as well.  It's truly unfortunate that our area is associated with a national loan modification scam.  Unfortunately, I've heard similar stories from many homeowners all over New Jer...

I was recently speaking with an agent from another firm that also specializes in helping distressed homeowners with their foreclosures and short sales.  He was telling me that one of the main benefits that his clients recieve is that he personally negotiates with their lenders.  I found this to b...