I also like it if the short sale is pre approved and this is where I educate the distressed home owner and urge them to act.If you don't mind me asking, how do you work your short sales?

We’ve already been pre-approved for a VA loan and are in the process of looking for homes.

with property radar, you can nearly any sort of list you can imagine: for instance, out of state owners with 100% that have NOT purchased anything within past 5 years,  people who've paid all cash for properties within the past X months, people who are in pre-foreclosure, people who have land, commercial property, farm land, SFR, etc.  

Hey all,Just a brief history, I purchased a 2 bed condo in Toronto, 10 mins from downtown, nice growing area back in 2013.  It closes in 1-2 mths but I want to try and reassign and dump the unit.  I've had it on the m...

Their mortgage calculator immediately sends you names of prescreened lenders if your criteria matches pre "plugged in" criteria.

As @Michael Roy mentioned I have a provision in my applications stating that if my list of pre-qualifications are not met I may choose to offer approval based on increased security deposits, prepayment, etc.

There are some clear cosmetics that need to be fixed (untamed landscaping, falling down chain link fence) but I actually am going to ignore renovation costs for this post and focus on the income/cash flow analysis.Rumor is the seller is pre-foreclosure (I couldn't find an LP in the county records though).  

Pre-approval letterI will start making offers on places in the next week or so. 

Meaning you could technically start the process ahead of time, get a pre-approval letter and start making offers, then once things draw near move in with family for a month till you can close.

@Mike Girard  have you been pre-approved for financing yet?