I understand how short sales work, the issue is that if I negotiated the short sale myself, I'm fairly confident I would have been able to negotiate the range lower than the realtor.My question was really in regard to my options being that another party already negotiated a price, not so much how short sales work.

As I said, I'm new to the business and right there in the learning curve.So, how do you usually structure your offers to sellers in a way that its fair to them and also realistic to find a buyer for it?

My tenants almost always communicate any maintenance issues via email.

I've worked in situations where one spouse was "in charge" of communication and it seems that if there is any issues with the marriage, that definitely won't work.

Vicky - I would say it depends on if they are communicating with you or not and if they are being respectful, but are having difficulty always playing catch up.

Fair question but I agree all these guys...who cares what time of the year it is.

I would be responsible for everything else.I feel this would be fair for both of us seeing that it is our first deal together and it is a great way to gain credibility.

Besides, there is a fairly high traffic street that my street T's into, so I will put an arrow pointer there (probably today or tomorrow) to get more than just the folks that live right in the couple nearby blocks.

I treat them fair and they like that.

If the transaction gets flagged or audited, it would be fairly easy for them to unwind what happened and liquidate both IRAs.