I have been using Fidelity National Home Warranty for my personal and rental properties for the past three years and can tell you that I never had any issues with them.

Special provisions are allowed for short sales, selling a note at a loss is a loss.If that investor has purchased notes from that lender before that would be a plus, but if it's a national note holder they are generally not interested.If the investor is willing to go in at the unpaid balance, just make a new loan and pay that one off.A big factor is how far under water the house is, if it's not to far gone there could be other options to sell to a buy and hold type investor if it could cash flow and they might wait for appreciation.

Originally posted by Bill Gulley: Brian, net listings, it's illegal in all states as far as I know, it's an issue with the code of ethics nationally.

It is a rapidly shrinking market, about 10-20% the volume it used to be, with established, experienced regional and national players already in place.

Those of us in MA need to very selective of what advice we follow on a national forum such as this.

Those lenders do not care about race, sex, national origin, religion, or anything else.

If you look to organization that provide credentials to appraisers like the Appraisal Institute, National Association of Appraisers, or other or you can look for VA roster appraisers you will likely find honest appraisers.

Surprisingly or not, inland areas like Riverside and Sacramento had price appreciation barely above the national average, at 375-400%.

I served active duty and national guard.

Our focus is on first position, performing real estate notes secured by residential and commercial properties nation wide.