Short Sale Processor

Reposted from my Short Sale Industry Blog Located Here: http://josephalfe.com/ Pending home sales – a measure of mortgage contracts signed and an indicator of possible home closings – in November increased 7.3% from October, reaching its highest level in 19 months, according to the National Assoc...

  Short Sale Road Rules: Negotiation Part 1-Negotiating with Buyer’s       As you may have noticed, many short sale articles re hash very basic “This is a short sale package” information.  While that is still needed, I think most agents and investors in the game are ready for some advanced techni...

  Just closed another Short Sale.  The seller liquidated an investment property at a 400K loss.  We got Chase to offer the seller a FULL DEBT RELEASE, and 20K  to the seller at close! Great job Angela for getting this one negotiated.   Agents, to learn how SSN can do this for your clients, conta...

  Short Sale Road Rules:  The Short Sale Listing Presentation       So, you have a short sale lead.  Now what?  Nothing happens unless you can close the deal, and make no mistake, getting a client to sign your listing agreement is closing a deal.  In short sales, there are three “closes” that hav...

Ok, so it's not a blog chock full of great information, but I needed a laugh, so I created this short sale rage comic.  Enjoy!

  Short Sale Road Rules: Should You Be Doing Short Sales? Well, it's been awhile since my last post and it's not because business is down. Au contraire my friends, if you are in real estate and you are NOT doing short sales you are certainly missing out. I have more short sales than I can shake a...

  Short Sale Road Rules: Settling Deficiency       One of the most frequently asked questions I get, from both Brokers and sellers, is how to avoid deficiency in a short sale.  The answer is both complex and simple, but deficiency can be managed a large percentage of the time by using some of the...

  Short Sale Road Rules:  Picking the Best Offer       I constantly hear from agents that the hardest part of a short sale is getting lender approval.  Fortunately, I don’t share this problem.  Our approval ratio is well over 90%.  Does that mean we close 90% of our short sales?  No it does not, ...

GMAC Short Sale, Approved in 45 days! Balance $280,000, approved at $45,000 FULL DEBT RELEASE!  Booya!

I swear, if I see another listing that reads "Approved Short Sale! Quick Close! Buyers fell through make offer!" or something equally as stupid, I will have a freak out. These types of comments show that either the listing agent has no clue how short sales work, or they are being deliberately mis...