November 13th, 2009 admin 
The first question is usually not about the investors’ greed, but about how they are screwing the home buyer. Real estate agents will defend that they have a right to get their client the best deal possible. I like that. That’s what they should do. The issue then becomes what is the best deal they can get on their own, not what is the best deal an investor, who either is, or has, experienced negotiators and integral knowledge of how the short sale process works. So even though an investor provides the acceptable short sale discount in a timely fashion (as most buyers are either relocating or moving out of a previous place of residency and likely have just a couple months of a window to find a new place to live), the buyer should be entitled to this discount.
November 10th, 2009 admin 
What are my chances of getting short sale home?
I put in an offer for a short sale. I offered the asking price. This is a home that is an unbelievable steal. We were the first ones to make an offer and the homeowner accepted. But we know many others will also be interested. I know that the process takes a long time as our realtor told us it would be 30 days before the bank even assigns the case to someone. If someone offered more than the asking price what are the chances we can increase our bid to get the house? Do you think I’ll get this house?
In the past, a whole lot of hard money selections, along with double closings and simultaneous closings made closing short sales a snap. However, with the liquidity crisis, mortgage fraud, and tighter limitations with lenders and title companies, closing short sales is not as simple as it used to be. However, there’s one easy method to close your short sale dealings without using double closings, simultaneous closings, hard money, or even the complex land trusts. That method is using back-to-back closings to acquire all of your short sale deals closed and funded on time. Back to back closings take a short sale deal and flex it into two distinct and separate transactions.
The Broker Price Opinion BPO & REO Course domain was registered in September of 2007. This Real Estate Training course was released by Anthony Aires and Heather Lazzaro who are two successful Real Estate Investors from Orlando, FL. REO stands for Real Estate Owned in case you weren’t aware of this. This course was written around the philosophy that the current Real Estate Market isn’t doing very well right now.
The Internet is a rich source of information on the available real estate courses offered by various institutions. The firms and institutions that are listed on the Internet offer formal training and review sessions for potential and licensed real estate agents, brokers, and appraisers. Another form of training that agents, brokers and appraisers can avail themselves of consists of home study courses on real estate that are also available on the Internet. Home study includes books and online courses that a student must complete within a six-month time frame. The home study program is designed to help agents, brokers, and appraisers supplement the amount of hours they have to put in their training so that they would qualify for the state exams. Each course usually covers six to eight hours of modules and other forms of tutorials.