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The purpose of this Blog is to provide in-depth analysis of legal issues effecting Massachusetts Real Estate as well as analysis of market trends and comment on common issues, experiences and professional relationships

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2011 

    The simple answer is that a short sale costs nothing.  Most residential real estate attorneys do not charge a consultation fee. I do not charge a consultation fee!  For legal fees I rely on the bank to absorb my fees in the short sale payoff to the bank.   That said, the more complicated answ...
04/10/2011
  We are pleased to provide an example of a Federal Government Home Affordable Foreclosure Alternatives (HAFA) short sale program Initial Approval that was generated through bank of America's REDC division. (REDC is a division of Bank of America that deals with these types of short sales.  There ...
04/09/2011
I know that it sounds strange, but with short sales I think it is a good idea that we start the process as a team before you commit to taking a short sale listing.  A few years ago I was working on a short sale and during the inspection negotiations we discovered that the Seller had actually alre...
04/02/2011
Did you know that there are four ways (and counting) to start a short sale with Bank of America?   HAFA - Bank of America is a participant in the HAFA program wherein a qualifying short seller may receive $3000 in sale proceeds and avoid any deficiency judgment. This program requires qualificatio...
04/02/2011
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