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Hi BP,I received a foreclosure call and live in Skagit County. The seller is under water and the house needs work. I talked to an agent I know who told me in WA the house has to be listed before trying to sell as a s...
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Neighbor down the street from me puts a "For Rent" sign in his yard. We look online - no MLS listing. Property up for rent by owner on Craigslist. I email the guy and ask him if he has considered selling his home. He ...
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can you wholesale a short sale, property? The owner wants to quit claim it over to me. To make it easy does that help anything?
Hi Community,I had a question about a property that is a short sale but is in arrears. I'm interested in pitching a sub 2 to the seller and have been hearing that I wouldnt need to pay off the arrears if I was going t...
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Need an advise!!!!Buying a house in LA (ESCROW does the title here, we don't use lawyers in LA ). Escrow close on 10.15, all the docs are signed and the financing approved....Oppps...The real estate agent calls me tod...
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My husband and I recently decided to make an offer on a short sale property. We submitted our offer on January 11th expecting full well to have to wait awhile to get any sort of response. We were notified on the 14th ...
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Hello BP Community, I've found that the banks in North Jersey are unwilling to sell below market value on their REOs. I'm considering reaching out the recent Lis Pendes Foreclosures in order to negotiate a short s...
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Hello all,
I've been reading here for several weeks but haven't posted yet (obviously) so greetings from Bishop / Mammoth Lakes, CA.
I've been studying short sales and feel mostly competent in discussing them with...
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I have a short sale offer where the listing broker is insisting on the me the buyer to sign an addendum before he would present my offer to the buyer.
Usually I have seen seller's attorney dictating some verb...
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I am getting into short sales and was wondering what you all are using to tie up properties. From what I have read there are three popular methods...
-warranty deed
-land trust
-option contract
Thanks for your input!