A short sale is a real estate transaction in which the bank agrees to accept less than the total amount owed on a mortgage as payment in full satisfaction of the debt, allowing the homeowner to sell their property without having to pay off the entire loan.
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We're going to take a slightly different approach today, and we're going to be discussing the benefits
of doing a short sale from the lender's perspective.
There were posts I can dig up about
how doing short sales would be too much liability to brokers so they would not allow their agents to participate in short sales.
One of the things in particular that I feel is extremely important to educate a
seller doing a short sale is the tax consequences.
If the sellers Realtor has
never done a short sale before you might as well have your buyer move on to another home!
If your agent is not explaining how you will or may be impacted
by doing a short sale than they are not experienced enough to negotiate your short sale for you.
There are so many agents
doing short sale now that don't have any clue what so ever and are flying by the seat of their pants.
I've been
doing short sales since 2007 and have been fair to all agents who submitted offers to my listings because I know I'd get paid.
Most Realtors
doing short sales know how to cover the bases for their client to make sure they're in a good position to buy a home down the road.
To those of you who are asking how
doing a short sale affects your credit, I have asked that many times with no answer from the mortgage company.
I have been personally trying to
do short sales as a real estate investor and it has been hit and miss.
Would this cause homeowners to just give up and not even try to
do a short sale first if they can not pay their mortgage payments?
If I was going to try to get rid of my home I would look
into doing a short sale and I would work to get the best sale price I could.
I connected up with a real estate agent that
only did short sales, and did a lot of research online as to what the process would entail.
However, there is almost 3 times the opportunity for real estate investors and a good time to
start doing short sales.
Don't get me wrong, I love the house and the price we're getting it for but I don't think I want to
do a short sale again any time soon.
When you need to
do a short sale on your home it is not like selling your home in a traditional fashion.
One of the things in particular that I feel is extremely important to educate a
seller doing a short sale is the tax consequences.
This act was put in place for the specific purpose of helping home owners avoid the financial hardship caused
by doing a short sale.
My credit is not important to me, so I am thinking about just walking away from my house as opposed to taking the trouble
of doing a short sale.