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Short Sale Help is on the way!

We can help you avoid foreclosure...

This market has created unbearable stress and heartache. As a certified distressed property expert I can give you the expertise necessary to save your credit, relieve the uncertainty and most of all, help your family.

What is a Short Sale?

  • When a homeowner is authorized to sell for less than what is owed on the mortgage.
  • When the lender authorizes or accepts the sales price as a payoff.
  • When the seller avoids foreclosure and many times they can avoid a deficiency judgment against them.
  • When the seller avoids a negative report, by the lender, to the credit bureaus.

The seller won't get any money at closing, but they will avoid the emotional toll a foreclosure can cause. The negotiations include a favorable wording for the forgiven debt on the mortgage that can help the recovery of the homeowner.

Why would a lender agree to lose money?

  • Financially, it's a smaller loss to accept a short sale than it would be to incur the additional expenses of a foreclosure.
  • Lenders are in the business to lend money not homeownership. The more resources they have tied up on a property the less they have to lend out.
  • With prices dropping so rapidly, even if the lenders decides to foreclose they will lose even more money when they finally try to sell the property later than sooner.

How does a short sale help me?

  • It helps you avoid an emotionally draining foreclosure process.
  • Avoiding a foreclosure will help save your credit. Typically a foreclosure will drop your credit score up to 200 points per loan.
  • Avoid having a foreclosure on your credit report anywhere from 7 to 10 years, which affects your purchasing power and interest rates.
  • It could help you avoid a "deficiency judgment" from the lender after the foreclosure as they try to recuperate their losses.

I have already received my foreclosure notice, is it too late for a short sale?

  • The short answer is no, but there are a few variables that can affect the foreclosure timeline.
  • As a qualified Certified Distressed Property Expert we can extend the foreclosure timeline up to six months and in many circumstances up to seven or eight months.
  • A sale of a home can be done and approved up to the day of the bank sale or auction of the home.

I haven't missed any mortgage payments; can I still do a short sale?

  • Typically the lender will not consider a short sale if there have not been any missed payments but can be overcome if we can show a compelling reason why the payments have been made but the payments are not sustainable into the near future. With that said we have recently negotiated and helped some investor clients successfully short sale their properties without late payments and on investment properties.
  • We would need to show if the payments were made with your credit cards, by borrowing from family members or even if the money came from retirement accounts, as an example. This will not guarantee the lender will accept but there are instances where they have done so.

How do I pay the Realtor commissions, taxes and other expenses associated with a short sale?

  • The homeowner does not pay any of the expenses associated with the sale of the home, such as commissions and other closing costs. Those expenses are also paid by the lender.
  • In Decenber 2007, then President Bush signed into law the Mortgage Forgiveness Debt Relief Act which eliminates the income tax that used to levied on the forgiven Portion of the primary home's sale. The tax is still in force for second homes and investment properties.

Is It Priced Right?

The correct selling price of a home is the highest price that the market will bear. To assist you in determining the correct asking price of your Las Vegas or Henderson home, we provide you with a comprehensive market analysis of comparable properties for sale in your neighborhood.

Your Free Market Evaluation Will Include...

  • An Estmate of your Home's Current Value...
  • The 3 Most Comparable Properties that recently sold near you...
  • A Suggested Listing Price if you plan on selling...

Should I Short Sell Or Stay?

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