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Wednesday, July 22, 2009

What You Should Know About Short Sale

By Don Burnham

When an owner can longer afford to keep mortgage payments current, there are alternatives to bankruptcy or foreclosure. One of those options is called a short sale.

The short sale is the last option taken by the lender. When a lender signs a short sale, they are forgiving a certain amount of debt, and considering the loan paid in full.

State laws vary, so consult your real estate lawyer to determine if your loan and case qualifies for a deficiency judgment or claim for a short sale.

The amount of time for a short sale to get approved is difficult to guess. In other words, the short sale process is long and tedious. The lenders in short sales business usually say that it takes 21 days time for the approval to come through.

Short sales are not just meant for the nonpayer's but those who have never made a single installment can make a short sale, due to the negative equity that they have for the present. It becomes easy for an individual to short sell the house and get out of the rough financial situation.

Due to negative equity secured, even those who've never made a single payment or installment can avail of a short sale. A short sale is the eject button of a financial situation that's headed straight down to bankruptcy, take it when you can, while you can.

The full process of a short sale will include a contract, an Authorization to Release Information and the addendum. A warranty deed is a tool used in the process. Let's examine the process now, starting with the contract.

The Contract: The contract can be of any variety-a one page, a nine page, a board of realtors' version, or any generic type of purchase and sales contract. However, at any point in the contract in which price is mentioned, you should fill in the phrase: "See Addendum."

The Addendum

This is the most important piece of paper in your entire manual! Let's review the Addendum in detail. The first section on the top is just generic information pertinent to the specific property:

Origination of the contract

Date

The names and other info pertinent to the parties involved

Address

Tip: It's advised to list both the legal address and the simple address in the addendum -for the purposes of clarity and transparency.

Any investor, who wants to make money in the foreclosure market, should always consider that a short sale could still bring him a bargain property. - 23229

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